Answer:
how many letters are there in the alphabet
What can stand in place of a country but still fold away in a drawer?
The ones who see it may go blind, Contracting the fool's madness. You have to dig to find it, Crush big stones or mine it. Wash dirt clumps in a pan and wait for it to settle, A shiny, precious metal.
It is a path of cow juice spread across the sky but cannot be seen by the naked eye
It is the great nemesis of the lactose intolerant.
Before I grow I'm small. When I'm old I grow tall. When I die I give a mighty fall.