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I am commonly ate before I'm born and after I'm dead.
I have no life but I can die. What am I?
When set loose I fly away. Never so cursed as when I go astray.
From house to house I go, sometimes narrow, sometimes wide. Whether there's rain or snow, I always stay outside. What am I?
I am long and slim works in light. Has but one eye and an awful bite.
What do you purposefully put lots of in and on your body, but run away from when you encounter it outside?