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Barren location, infertile and dry; my name means "to leave", it's not heard to see why
I am your mother's brother's only brother in law. Who am I?
Defends your noggin from the hard pavement
A section of the calendar dedicated to mother nature.
Retired people want these to be large and birds want them to hatch.
Before I grow I'm small. When I'm old I grow tall. When I die I give a mighty fall.