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I am rarely touched but often held. If you are smart you'll use me well. What am I?
What word when read from left to right is a ruler, but when read from right to left is a servant?
I have no head and a tail I lack but I do have arms and legs and back; I inhabit the palace the tavern the cot 'tis a beggarly residence where I am not. If a monarch were present (I tell you no fable) I still should be placed at the head of the table.
My first is in fish but no in snail. My second is in rabbit but not in tail. My third is in up but not in down. My fourth is in tiara but not in crown. My fifth is in tree you plainly see. My whole a food for you and me.
Born in the ocean and white as snow. When I fall back to water, I disappear without a trace. What am I?
You throw me out when you use me and take me in when you are done.