RIDDLE ANSWER Some people try to hide, some try to cheat, but yet we always seems to meet. Try as you might, to guess my name, I promise you'll know, when you I do claim. Who am I? DEATH What do the dead eat, that the living would die if they ate? NOTHING What is more useful when it is broken? EGG This thing destroys it all, birds, beasts, trees, flowers. Gnaws iron, bites steel, grinds hard stone to meal, even kills a king. It can ruin a town, and beats high mountains down. What is it? TIME My thunder comes before my lightning. My lightning comes before my rain. My rain dries up all the land it touches. What am I VOLCANO Two bodies have I, though both joined in one, the longer I stand the quicker I run. What am I? HOURGLASS When liquid splashes me, none seeps through. When I am moved alot, liquid I spew. When I am hit, color I change. And color, I come in quite a range. What I cover is very complex, and I am very easy to flex. What am I? SKIN The strangest creature you'll ever find: Two eyes in front and many many more behind. What cind of animal is it? PEACOCK No legs have I to dance, No lungs have I to breathe, No life have I to live or die And yet I do all three. What am I? FIRE Stiff is my spine and my body is pale, but I'm always ready to tell a tale. What am I BOOK I'm not a dragon, but I can fly through the sky. I'm not a river, but I'm full of water. What am I? CLOUD We capture light, and yet we don't. We reflect rays of sun, and yet we don't. Without us all the world is gray and dull. What are we? COLOURS I weaken all men for hours each day. I show you strange visions while you are away. I take you by night, by day take you back, none suffer to have me, but do from my lack. What am I? SLEEP I´m realy old but sometimes new, never empty, sometimes full, never pushes, always pulls. What am I? MOON Until I am mesured, I am not known. Yet how you miss me, When I have flown. What am I? TIME A mile from end to end, yet as close to you as a friend. A precious commodity, freely given, seen on the dead and on the living. Found on the rich, poor, short or tall, but shared among children most of all. What is it? SMILE I am sometimes strong and sometimes weak, But I am nobody's fool. For there is no language that I can't speak, Though I never went to school. What am I? ECHO What is it that you must give before you can keep it? PROMISE You can see me. You can feel me. If you touch me, you will die. What am I? SUN Though liquid in nature, don't push me too far, For then I will break, and the damage may scar. What am I? GLASS I come out of the earth, I am sold in the market. He who buys me cuts my tail, takes off my suit of silk, and weeps beside me when I am dead. What am I ONION I can bring a smile to your face, A tear to your eye, Or even a thought to your mind. But, I can't be seen. What am I MEMORY What is red and blue, and purple and green? No one can reach it, not even the queen. RAINBOW I usually wear a yellow coat. I usually have a dark head. I make marks wherever I go. What am I PENCIL Some sais that Adam and Eve had everyting, i have another opinion.What did they dont have that everyone else has? PARENTS Weight in my belly, trees on my back, nails in my ribs, but feet I do lack. What am I? SHIP I'm as small as an bug, as big as a dragon. I'll approach like a breeeze, but can come like a gale. I'm as slow as a donkey a hot summerday, but you can't outrun me, thou i never winn. What am I? SHADOW I dig out tiny caves, and store gold and silver in them. I also build bridges of silver and make crowns of gold. They are the smallest you could imagine. Sooner or later everybody needs my help, yet many people are afraid to let me help them. Who am I? DENTIST I have a few feathers to help me fly. I have a body and head, but I'm not alive. It is your strength which determines how far I go. When im along your side, You deside who lives or die. What am I? ARROW I have no voice and yet I speak to you, I tell of all things in the world that people do. I have leaves, but I am not a tree, I have a spine and hinges, but I am not a man or a door, I have told you all, I cannot tell you more. What am I? BOOK I'm just a hole tied to more holes; I'm strong but not stronger than my weakest friend, and offcause not as stiff as a pole. What am I? CHAIN I´m sometimes short and long, sometimes cold and sometimes hot. When displayed, I rarely impress. What am I? TEMPER Alice, Ben, Charlie, David, and Ed entered a contest to guess how many jelly beans are in a jar. Alice guessed 30, Ben guessed 28, Charlie guessed 29, David guessed 25, and Ed guessed 26. Two were off the mark by 1, one was wrong by 4, and one by 3. But one was correct. How many jelly beans are in the jar at the store? 29 I have two arms, but fingers none. I have two feet, but cannot run. I carry well, but I have found I carry best with my feet OFF the ground. What am I? WHEELBARROW The miller Henry was out walking one day. He met his fatherinlaw's only daughter's motherinlaw. What did Henry call her? MOTHER Farmer Brown came to town with some watermelons. He sold half of them plus half a melon, and found that he had one whole melon left. How many melons did he take to town? THREE Often held but seldom touched, often bites but seldom bit, always wet but never rusts, to use me well you must have wit. What am I? TONGUE Many men has died because of me, thou im alot smaler then them. Im often carried around with my brothers, just to show who is the mightiest. I have the greatest power when given away, yet lust for me keeps me locked away. What am I? COIN I never was, am always to be, magicans say they can see me, but none else ever will. And yet I am the confidence of all to live, I´m the hope of the poor and the doom for the rich. FUTURE What has six faces, But does not wear makeup. It also has twenty-one eyes, DICE I'm the one death can't find. The older you get the more you laugh and cry because i talk more to you. MEMORIES Twigs and spheres and poles and plates, join and bind to reason make. What am I? SKELETON I´m old and it feels like i have runed forever, but never moved at all. I got no lungs or throat, but still I have mighty roaring call. What am I? WATERFALL I turn around once, What is out will not get in. I turn around again, What is in will not get out KEY No legs have I to dance, No lungs have I to breathe, No life have I to live or die And yet I do all three. What am I? FIRE What goes up and never comes down? AGE My life is often a volume of grief, your help is needed to turn a new leaf. Stiff is my spine and my body is pale, but I'm always ready to tell a tale. What am I BOOK If you have it, You want to share it. If you share it, You don't have it SECRET A little pool with two layers of wall around it. One white and soft and the other dark and hard, amidst a light brown grassy lawn with an outline of a green grass. What am I? COCONUT I´m sometimes short and long, sometimes cold and sometimes hot. When displayed, I rarely impress. What am I? TEMPER This thing destroys it all, birds, beasts, trees, flowers. Gnaws iron, bites steel, grinds hard stone to meal, even kills a king. It can ruin a town, and beats high mountains down. What is it? TIME I'm just a hole tied to more holes; I'm strong but not stronger than my weakest friend, and offcause not as stiff as a pole. CHAIN Light as a feather,but yet a strong man can't hold it more than a minute or two. What is it? BREATH I am as cold as death, and not breathing air. Never thirsty, but ever drinking. Covered in mail, but never clinking. What am I? FISH Almost everyone sees me without noticing me, For what is beyond is what he or she seeks. What am I? WINDOW Never tired, never still. Moving quietly from hill to hill. Does not run or even walk, life it gives and sometimes take, when its hand is gone you feel the chill it leaves behind. What is it? SUN Weight in my belly, trees on my back, nails in my ribs, but feet I do lack. What am I? BOAT What traps warmth, Sprays forth ice and water, Yet slips through your fingers with ease? CLOUD A mile from end to end, yet as close to you as a friend. A precious commodity, freely given, seen on the dead and on the living. Found on the rich, poor, short or tall, but shared among children most of all. What is it? SMILE My thunder comes before my lightning. My lightning comes before my rain. My rain dries up all the land it touches. What am I? VOLCANO My host thinks I'm an irritation, a bother, a pain But he can't evict me, so I stay, remain Then one day I'm taken and ranked among my peers. Can you guess just what I am? Then you might call me dear. PEARL I am the only thing that always tells the truth. I show off everything that I see. I come in all shapes and sizes. So tell me what I must be! MIRROR I make you weak at the worst of times, but iI keep you safe from hights and crimes. I make your hands sweat, and your heart grow cold, I visit the weak, but seldom the bold. FEAR i´m realy old but sometimes new, never empty, sometimes full, never pushes, always pulls. What am I? MOON A stange thing, the more you take, the more you leave behind? what can this be? STEPS What is greater than the Gods of valhalla. More evil than the Devil himself. The poor people have it loads, but the rich have to ask for it. And if you eat it, you'll die? NOTHING I have no voice and yet I speak to you, I tell of all things in the world that people do. I have leaves, but I am not a tree, I have a spine and hinges, but I am not a man or a door, I have told you all, I cannot tell you more. What am I? BOOK I never was, am always to be, magicans say they can see me, but none else ever will. And yet I am the confidence of all to live, I´m the hope of the poor and the doom for the rich. FUTURE What is too much for one, enough for two, and nothing at all for three? SECRET I am always quite cold, but never do mind it. When I am looking for water, I always do find it. Friends say that I look mean and pale, Whenever I go for a swim in my shining chainmail. Who am I? FISH What can run but never walks? Has a mouth but never talks? Has a bed but never sleeps? Has a head but never weeps? RIVER Hands? I have three, But the newest handless be. WATCH Alive without breath, As cold as death; Never thirsty, ever drinking, All in mail never clinking. FISH A mile from end to end, Yet as close to you as a friend. A precious commodity, freely given. Seen on the dead and on the living. Found on the rich, poor, short and tall, But shared among children most of all. SMILE Tear one off and scratch my head, what once was red is black instead. MATCH What is the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space, the beginning of every end and the end of every race? E I have streets but no pavement. I have cities but no buildings. I have forests yet no trees. I have rivers yet no water. What am I? MAP We are little airy creatures, All of different voice and features. One of us in glass is set, One of us you'll find in a jet; The other you may see in tin, And the fourth a box within. If the fifth you should pursue, It can never fly from you. VOWELS What comes twice in a week; Once in a year; But never in a day? E What can you put in a barrel that will last as long as the barrel. HOLE Twice ten are six of us, Six are but three of us, Nine are but four of us; What can we possibly be? Would you know more of us? Twelve are but six of us, Five are but four, do you see? LETTERS What is not alive but still is? GHOST I am the heart that does not beat. If cut, I bleed without blood. I can fly, but have no wings. I can float, but have no fins. I can sing, but have no mouth. WOOD Always old, never new Never sad, sometimes blue Never empty, sometimes full Never pushes, always pulls MOON There is a thing that nothing is, and yet it has a name It's sometimes long and sometime's short, Joins our talks, joins our sport, And plays at every game SHADOW What is better than God and worse than the devil? Dead people eat it always and the living who eat it die slow. NOTHING Face with a tree. Skin like the sea. A great beast I be. Yet vermin frightens me. ELEPHANT I have millions of eyes yet I live in darkness I have millions ears yet only four lobes I have two hemispheres and I rule the world. What am I? BRAIN What fills as it empties? HOURGLASS Some sais that Adam and Eve had everyting, i have another opinion. What did they dont have that everyone else has? PARENTS i´m realy old but sometimes new, never empty, sometimes full, never pushes, always pulls. What am I? MOON A stange thing, the more you take, the more you leave behind? what can this be? STEPS What is greater than the Gods of valhalla. More evil than the Devil himself. The poor people have it loads, but the rich have to ask for it. And if you eat it, you'll die? NOTHING I have no voice and yet I speak to you, I tell of all things in the world that people do. I have leaves, but I am not a tree, I have a spine and hinges, but I am not a man or a door, I have told you all, I cannot tell you more. What am I? BOOK I move very slowly at an imperceptible rate, Although I take my time, I am never late. I accompany life, and survive past demise, I am viewed with esteem in many women's eyes. HAIR (OR NAILS) What goes up when rain comes down? UMBRELLA What has roots as nobody sees, Is taller than trees, Up, up it goes, And yet never grows? MOUNTAIN Voiceless it cries, Windless flutters, Toothless bites, Mouthless mutters. WIND It cannot be seen, cannot be felt, Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt. It lies behind stars and under hills, And empty holes it fills. It comes first and follows after, Ends life, kills laughter. DARK A box without hinges, key, or lid, Yet golden treasure inside is hid. EGG What has a head but cannot think? What has an eye but cannot see? What has an ear but cannot hear? What has a rib but is bone free? Try you to answer one or more, But seek the answer to all four. GARDEN I never was, am always to be, None ever saw me, nor ever will, And yet I am the confidence of all Who live and breathe on this terrestrial ball. TOMORROW A warrior amongst the flowers he bears a thrusting sword he uses it when'er he must to defend his golden hoard. What is he? BEE A home of wood in a wooded place Built not by hand, but high above the earthen ground. It holds its pale blue gems. What is it? NEST I have legs but walk not A strong back but work not Two good arms but reach not A seat but sit and tarry not. What am I? CHAIR Nothing on the outside Nothing on the inside Light as a feather Yet ten men cannot lift it BUBBLE What is always in front of you, though you never see it? AIR What has six legs and flies south for the winter? BUTTERFLY If you break me, I will not stop working. If you touch me, I may be snared. If you lose me, Nothing will matter. HEART What ancient invention allows people to see through walls and is still in use today? WINDOW Dwarven brothers make it rain. Ruby rivers, crimson pain. BLOOD What goes up a chimney down and down a chimney up? UMBRELLA What does one hide behind doors, and walls, but would destroy whole cities for? Bury in the deepest wells, but allows one to soar to the highest peaks? As fathomless as the deepest oceans, but as apparent as the nose on your face? LOVE I am the black child of a white father; I give birth to tears of mourning in pupils that meet me, And at once on my birth I am dissolved into air. SMOKE In the day or in the night all people have seen this sight, On the ocean or on the plain most people have seen the same, On this world and on no other has been shown to me by my brother, Some leader once generalized it but many things have been called it. What am I? MONSTER Hickory-Dickory-Dock! The mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck one and down did come. Hickory-Dickory-Dock! What am I? GUILLOTINE A red cap on my head, a stone in my throat, if you tell me the answer, I'll give you a Groat. What am I? CHERRY I have rivers without water, Forests without trees, Mountains without rocks Towns without houses. What am I? MAP Ten Men's Strength, Ten Men's Length, Ten Men can't break it, Yet a young boy walks off with it What am I? ROPE I begin eternity, And end space, At the end of time, And in every place, Last in life, Second to death, Never alone, Found in your breath, Contained by earth, Water or flame, My grandeur so awesome, Wind dare not tame, Not in your mind, Am in your dreams, Vacant to Kings, Present to Queens. What am I? E I have many tongues but cannot taste By me, most things are turned to waste I crack and snap, yet I stay whole I may take the largest toll I assisted all of the first men And I will pay them back again Around me, people snuggle and sleep Yet run when I am released from my keep I jump around and leap and bound The cold man wishes I he had found What am I? FIRE My first is in wield, sever bones and marrow. My second is in blade, forged in cold steel. My third is in arbalest, and also in arrows. My fourth is in power, plunged through a shield. My fifth is in honour, and also in vows My last will put an end to it all. What am I? WEAPON My first is foremost legally, My second circles outwardly, My third leads all in victory, My fourth ends twice a nominee My whole is this gates only key. What am I? LOVE I turn my head and you may go where you want. I turn it again, you will stay till you rot. I have no face, but I live or die by my crooked teeth Who am I? KEY I am as strong as seven men. I am as tall as seven men. Yet seven men can not stand me on my end. What am I? ROPE Ten fish I caught without an eye, and nine without a tail. Half of eight, and six missing heads, landed in my pail. Who can tell me, as I ask it, how many fish are in my basket? ZERO Black I am and much admired, Men seek me until they're tired; When they find me, break my head, And take me from my resting bed. What am I? COAL Who becomes pregnant without conceiving? Who becomes fat without eating? CLOUDS In the dark night flies a many-hued phantom. It soars and spreads its wings above the gloomy human crowd. The whole world calls to it, the whole world implores it. At dawn the phantom vanishes to be reborn in every heart. And every night it is born anew and every day it dies! What am I? HOPE (OR DREAMS) Two brothers we are, great burden we bear By which we are bitterly pressed. In truth we may say We are full all the day But empty we go to our rest. What am I? SHOES (OR BOOTS) Of no use to one Yet absolute bliss to two. The small boy gets it for nothing. The young man has to lie for it. The old man has to buy it. The baby's right, The lover's privilege, The hypocrite's mask. To the young girl, faith; To the married woman, hope; To the old maid, charity. What am I? KISS A wee wee man In a red red coat Staff in my hand And a stone in my throat. What am I? CHERRY What runs around a city but never moves? What am I? WALL What is full of holes and holds water? What am I? SPONGE Iron roof, glass walls Burns and burns And never falls. What am I? LANTERN I cut through evil like a double edged sword, And chaos flees at my approach. Balance I single-handedly upraise, Through battles fought with heart and mind, Instead of with my gaze. What am I? JUSTICE It holds most knowledge that has ever been said; But is not the brain, is not the head. To feathers and their masters, 'tis both bane and boon. . . One empty, and one full. What am I? PAPER It comes only before, It comes only after, Rises only in darkness, But rises only in light. It is always the same, But is yet always different. What am I? MOON A golden treasure that never stays; The coin whose face gives wealth to all. Strands, nuggets, and dust of gold are all bought with its shining grace. . . And all are more precious than any gleaming metal. What am I? SUN I run through hills; I veer around mountains. I leap over rivers and crawl through the forests. Step out your door to find me. What am I? ROAD Inside me the adventurous find Quests and treasures of every kind. Trolls, goblins, orcs, and more, await Within my closed walls for All those that wish to visit me. Your hands are the key To secrets untold, And your mind will unlock the door. What am I? BOOK Stronger than steel, And older than time; They are more patient than death and shall stand even when the stars have ceased to shine. Their strength is embedded in roots buried deep Where the sands and frosts of ages can never hope to touch or reach. What am I? MOUNTAINS Creatures of power, creatures of grace, Creatures of beauty, creatures of strength. As for their lives, they set everything's pace, For all things must come to live under their emerald embrace. . . Either in their life, or in their death. What am I? TREES As beautiful as the setting sun, As delicate as the morning dew; An angel's dusting from the stars that can turn the Earth into A frosted moon. What am I? SNOW As destructive as life, As healing as death; An institutioner of strife, Just as prone to bless. It is all that is good, Yet with an evil trend; As it was the beginning of things, It can also be the end. What am I? FIRE I am the part of the bird that is not in the sky, Who can drown in the ocean and yet remain dry. A last vestige of man that refuses to die. In mourning I am tossed at your feet to lie; I begin my job early, devouring your ankles and thighs. I work my way up, eating your legs to your waist. And though around midday away I am chased, I return quickly, To savor the arm of my taste. As evening falls I enter your lungs, Spiraling down past your mouth and your tongue. I feast on your body, your soul, and your mind, but as darkness falls you shall find That away I will go, a relief for some; At least until tomorrow morning comes. What am I? SHADOW When you look into my face, I shall never lie; Instead be but a window into your soul, whether there light or shadows hide; As in me many see their deaths where others see their lives; In this deny me many try, but they simply twist their knives; For though prejudiced to some I may seem, THE LIE IS THEIR OWN LIVES. What am I? MIRROR Two bodies have I, though both joined in one. The more still I stand, the quicker I run. What am I? HOURGLASS You get many of me, but never enough. After the last one, your life soon will snuff. You may have one of me but one day a year, When the last one is gone, your life disappears. What am I? BIRTHDAY I make you weak at the worst of all times. I keep you safe, I keep you fine. I make your hands sweat, and your heart grow cold, I visit the weak, but seldom the bold. What am I? FEAR Double my number, I'm less than a score, Half of my number is less than four. Add one to my double when bakers are near, Days of the week are still greater, I fear. What am I? SIX I weaken all men for hours each day. I show you strange visions while you are away. I take you by night, by day take you back, None suffer to have me, but do from my lack. What am I? SLEEP There is a house that has every window oriented to North. There is a bear in front of this house. What color is the bear? WHITE They have not flesh, nor feathers, Nor scales, nor bone. Yet they have fingers and thumbs, Of their own. What am I? GLOVES It is more beautiful than the face of your love. It is more scary than your worst fear. Dead men eat it all the time. If a live man eats it, he soon will die. A poor man has it. A rich man wants it. What am I? NOTHING In many hallways you would stand, If not with this in hand. What am I? KEY He who makes me doesn't want me, He who buys me doesn't need me, He who uses me doesn't care. What am I? CASKET What is faster than the speed of sound, but is still human? THOUGHT I'm the source of all emotion, but I'm caged in a white prison. What am I? HEART I don't think or eat or slumber or move around or fear thunder just like you I look the same but I can't harm you or be your bane What am I? DOLL What has roots as nobody sees, Is taller than trees, Up, up it goes, And yet never grows? MOUNTAIN Thirty white horses on a red hill, First they champ, Then they stamp, Then they stand still. What are we? TEETH Voiceless it cries, Wingless it flutters, Toothless bites, Mouthless mutters. What am I? WIND It cannot be seen, cannot be felt, Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt. It lies behind stars and under hills, And empty holes it fills. It comes first and follows after, Ends life, kills laughter. What am I? DARKNESS A box without hinges, key, or lid, Yet golden treasure inside is hid. What am I? EGG Alive without breath, As cold as death; Never thirsty, ever drinking, All in mail never clinking. What am I? FISH This thing all things devours: Birds, beast,trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal; Slays king, ruins town, And beats high mountain down. What am I? TIME You feel it, but never see it and never will. What am I? HEART You must keep it after giving it. What am I? WORD As light as a feather, but you can't hold it for ten minutes. What am I? BREATH Has a mouth but does not speak, has a bed but never sleeps. What am I? RIVER Runs smoother than any rhyme, loves to fall but cannot climb! What am I? WATER You break it even if you name it! What am I? SILENCE It passes before the sun and makes no shadow. What am I? AIR You feed it, it lives, you give it something to drink, it dies. What am I? FIRE A red drum which sounds Without being touched, And grows silent, When it is touched. What am I? HEART Two horses, swiftest traveling, Harnessed in a pair, and Grazing ever in places Distant from them. What am I? EYES A harvest sown and reaped on the same day In an unplowed field, Which increases without growing, Remains whole though it is eaten Within and without, Is useless and yet The staple of nations. What am I? WAR If you break me I do not stop working, If you touch me I may be snared, If you lose me Nothing will matter. What am I? HOPE All about, but cannot be seen, Can be captured, cannot be held No throat, but can be heard. What am I? WIND I go around in circles, But always straight ahead Never complain, No matter where I am led. What am I? WHEEL Lighter than what I am made of, More of me is hidden Than is seen. What am I? ICE If a man carried my burden, He would break his back. I am not rich, But leave silver in my track. What am I? SNAIL My life can be measured in hours, I serve by being devoured. Thin, I am quick Fat, I am slow Wind is my foe. CANDLE Weight in my belly, Trees on my back, Nails in my ribs, Feet I do lack. What am I? BOAT You can see nothing else When you look in my face I will look you in the eye And I will never lie. What am I? MIRROR I am always hungry, I must always be fed, The finger I lick Will soon turn red. What am I? FIRE Three lives have I. Gentle enough to soothe the skin, Light enough to caress the sky Hard enough to crack rocks. What am I? FIRE Each morning I appear To lie at your feet, All day I follow No matter how fast you run, Yet I nearly perish In the midday sun. What am I? SHADOW I am so simple, That I can only point Yet I guide men All over the world. What am I? COMPASS For our ambrosia we were blessed, by Jupiter, with a sting of death. Though our might, to some is jest, we have quelled the dragon's breath. What am I? BEES Colored as a maiden tweaked, time was naught when I began; through the garden I was sneaked, I alone am the fall of man. What am I? APLLE Early ages the iron boot tread, with Europe at her command. Through time power slipped and fled, 'til the creation of new holy land. What am I? ITALY One where none should be, or maybe where two should be, seeking out purity, in the kings trees. What am I? UNICORN One tooth to bite, he's the forests foe. One tooth to fight, as all Norse know. What am I? AXE The part of the bird that is not in the sky, which can swim in the ocean and always stay dry. What am I? SHADOW The root tops the trunk on this backward thing, that grows in the winter and dies in the spring. What am I? ICICLE Inside a great blue castle Lives a shy young maid She blushes in the morning And comes not out at night. What am I? SUN I have legs but walk not A strong back but work not Two good arms but reach not A seat but sit and tarry not What am I? CHAIR I can be touched But I hurt those who touch me I move swiftly through a dry forest But die in a mountain stream Where I pass I leave a black shroud. What am I? FIRE He who makes it needs it not He who buys it wants it not He who uses it feels it not What am I? COFFIN In marble halls as white as milk, Lined with a skin as soft as silk, Within a fountain crystal-clear, A golden apple doth appear. No doors there are to this stronghold, Yet thieves break in and steal the gold. What am I? EGG 'Twas in heaven pronounced, and 'twas muttered in hell, An echo caught faintly the sound as it fell; On the confines of earth 'twas permitted to rest, And the depths of the ocean its presence confessed; 'Twill be found in the sphere when 'tis riven asunder, Be seen in the lightning and heard in the thunder. 'Twas allotted to man with his earliest breath, Attends him at birth, and awaits him in death, Presides o'er his happiness, honor, and health, Is the prop of his house, and the end of his wealth. In the heaps of the miser 'tis hoarded with care, But is sure to be lost on the prodigal heir. It begins every hope, every wish it must bound, With the husbandman toils, and with monarchs is crowned. Without it the soldier, the seaman may roam, But woe to the wretch who expels it from home! In the whispers of conscience its voice will be found, Nor e'en in the whirlwind of passion be drowned. 'Twill not soften the heart; but though deaf be the ear, It will make it acutely and instantly hear. Yet in shade let it re st, like a delicate flower, Ah... breathe on it softly, - it dies in an hour. What am I? H The beginning of eternity, The end of time and space, The beginning of every end, The end of every place. What am I? E Though I dance at a ball, I am nothing at all. What am I? SHADOW As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man who had seven wives. Each wife had seven sacks, Each sack had seven cats, Each cat had seven kits. Kits, cats, sacks and wives, How many were going to St. Ives? ONE Look into my face and I'm everybody; Scratch my back and I'm nobody. What am I? MIRROR Goes over all the hills and hollows, Bites hard, but never swallows. What am I? FROST I walked and walked and at last I got it; I didn't want it, so I stopped and looked for it; When I found it, I threw it away. What am I? THORN Lives in winter, dies in summer, Grows with its root upwards. What am I? ICICLE Fatherless and Motherless, born without sin Roared when it came into the world, And never spoke again. What am I? THUNDER I´m sometimes short and long, sometimes cold and sometimes hot. When displayed, I rarely impress. What am I? TEMPER I have no voice and yet I speak to you, I tell of all things in the world that people do. I have leaves, but I am not a tree, I have a spine and hinges, but I am not a man or a door, I have told you all, I cannot tell you more. What am I? BOOK This thing destroys it all, birds, beasts, trees, flowers. Gnaws iron, bites steel, grinds hard stone to meal, even kills a king. It can ruin a town, and beats high mountains down. What is it? TIME I'm just a hole tied to more holes; I'm strong but not stronger than my weakest friend, and offcause not as stiff as a pole. CHAIN I never was, am always to be, magicans say they can see me, but none else ever will. And yet I am the confidence of all to live, I´m the hope of the poor and the doom for the rich. FUTURE I'm not a dragon, but I can fly through the sky. I'm not a river, but I'm full of water. What am I? CLOUD What has six faces, But does not wear makeup. It also has twenty-one eyes, DICE Until I am mesured, I am not known. Yet how you miss me, When I have flown. What am I? TIME Two bodies have I, though both joined in one, the longer I stand the quicker I run. What am I? HOURGLASS I dig out tiny caves, and store gold and silver in them. I also build bridges of silver and make crowns of gold. They are the smallest you could imagine. Sooner or later everybody needs my help, yet many people are afraid to let me help them. Who am I? DENTIST When liquid splashes me, none seeps through. When I am moved alot, liquid I spew. When I am hit, color I change. And color, I come in quite a range. What I cover is very complex, and I am very easy to flex. What am I? SKIN Some people try to hide, some try to cheat, but yet we always seems to meet. Try as you might, to guess my name, I promise you'll know, when you I do claim. Who am I? DEATH Often talked of, never seen, Ever coming, never been, Daily looked for, never here, Still approaching, coming near. Thousands for it's visit wait But alas for their fate, Tho' they expect me to appear, They will never find me here. TOMORROW A skin have I, more eyes than one. I can be many things when I am done. What am I? POTATO The riddle: I turn around once. What is out will not get in. I turn around again. What is in will not get out. what am I KEY White bird, featherless, flyin' out o' paradise, flyin' over sea and land, dyin' in my hand. What is it? SNOW A frog fell into a well 12 feet deep. He could jump 3 feet, but every time he jumped 3 feet, he fell back 2 feet. How many times did he have to jump to get out of the well? TEN I stand beside the holy man, The royal couple fears my wrath, No-one moves the way I can, Forever on a crooked path. KNIGHT What is always in front of you but cannot be seen? FUTURE Born motherless and fatherless without a sin made a loud roar as I entered then never spoke again. THUNDER In spring I am gay in handsome array, In summer more clothing I wear, When colder it grows I fling off my clothes, and in winter quite naked appear. TREE My tines are long. My tines are short. My tines end ere My first report. LIGHTNING As one letter, And written with three, Two letters there are, And two only in me. I'm double, I'm single, I'm black blue and grey, I'm read from both ends, And the same either way. EYE Tall as a house, round as a cup, All the king's horses can't draw it up. WELL In the window she sat weeping. And with each tear her life went seeping. CANDLE Weight in my belly, Trees on my back, Nails in my ribs, Feet do I lack. RULER I have no top or bottom but I can hold Flesh, bones and blood all at the same time. RING I'm often held, yet rarly touched. I'm always wet, yet never rust. I'm sometimes wagged and sometimes bit. To use me well, you must have wit. TONGUE Those who eat me die slowly, those who are dead eat me always. NOTHING Forward I am heavy, backward I am not. What am I? TON I know a word of letters three, add two and less there will be. FEW What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in an hour. M It goes up and down the stairs without moving. CARPET Give it food and it will live; give it water and it will die. FIRE Twelve white ponies, On a red hill, Always moving, but standing still. TEETH What five letter English word does not change its pronunciation when four letters are taken away? QUEUE What can you catch but not throw? COLD I run, yet I have no legs. What am I? NOSE Take one out and scratch my head. I am now black but once was red. MATCH What is black and white and is red all over? NEWSPAPER He has a look of awful scorn, And wears his clothes a funny way, Waving his hands over fields of corn, He keeps the birds away! SCARECROW I'm in a rock, not in a stone. I'm in marrow, not in bone. I'm in a bolster, not in a bed. I'm not living , i'm not dead R Remove the outside, cook the inside, eat the outside, throw away the inside. CORN I have a 100 legs but cannot stand. A long neck but no head. And I eat the maids life. BROOM All about the house, with his lady he dances. Yet he always works, and never romances. BROOM What goes around the world and stays in a corner? STAMP What gets wetter the more it dries? TOWEL The man who invented it, doesn't want it. The man who bought it, doesn't need it. The man who needs it, doesn't know it. COFFIN What's the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space, the beginning of the end, and the end of every place? E The more there is the less you see. DARKNESS They come at night without being called and are lost in the day without being stolen. STARS There was a green round house. Inside the green round house was a smaller white house. In the white house was a red house. And living in the red house were lots of little black babies. WATERMELON What kind of room has no windows or doors? MUSHROOM They are Dark, and always on the run. without the sun, would be none. SHADOW Each morning i appear to lie at your feet, all day i follow no matter how fast you run, yet i nearly perish inthe midday sun. SHADOW What common English verb becomes its own past tence by rearranging its letters? EAT What has hands, but is not flesh, bone or blood? CLOCK I have holes on the top and bottom. I have holes on my left and on my right. And I have holes in the middle, yet I still hold water. What am I? SPONGE I look at you, you look at me I raise my right,you raise your left. What is this object? MIRROR What word has kst in the middle, in the beginning, and at the end? INKSTAND Squeeze it and it bleeds tears as red as its flesh, its heart is not made of stone. TOMATO I am so simple, That I can only point Yet I guide men All over the world. COMPASS I move without wings, between silken strings, I leave as you find, my substance behind. What am I? SPIDER The root tops the trunk on this backward thing, that grows in the winter and dies in the spring. ICICLE Glittering points That downward thrust, Sparkling spears That never rust. ICICLE No sooner spoken than broken. SILENCE Face with a tree,Skin like the sea,A great beast I am,Yet vermin frighten me. ELEPHANT Iron roof, glass walls Burns and burns And never falls. LANTERN I go around in circles, but always straight ahead, never complain, no matter where I am led. WHEEL Light as a feather, there's nothing in it, But the strongest man can't hold it much more than a minute. BREATH Four legs up, four legs down,Soft in the middle, Hard all around. BED Runs over fields and woods all day, Under the bed at night sits not alone, With long tongue hanging out, A-waiting for a bone. SHOE How many times can you subtract five from twentyfive? ONCE I have streets, but no pavement. I have cities, but no buildings. I have forests, yet no trees.I have rivers, yet no water. MAP The king of it is a happy man, For twelve others he rules with pride. It is one of the world's most beautiful things, But when cold causes suffering and strife. It's vital to everyone, both you and me. Without it, our lives would be lost. It's given away in many forms, But more often at a very high cost. Taken for granted by the mindless, at best. Most difficult to mend, an arduous task, But if you succeed sincerely, you can conquer all the rest. HEART It is weightless, you can see it. If you put it in a barrel it will make it lighter? HOLE Can run but never walks, Has a mouth and never talks, Has a head but never weeps, Has a bed but never sleeps. RIVER My life can be measured in hours, I serve by being devoured. Thin, I am quick Fat, I am slow Wind is my foe. SAND You use a knife to slice my head,Then weep beside me when I am dead. ONION All of us have different features. One of us in glass is set; One of us you'll find in a jet. Another you may see in tin, and the fouth is boxed within. If the fifth you should pursue, it can never fly from you. What are we? VOWELS What is in seasons, seconds, centuries, and minutes, but not in decades, years, or days? N What gets bigger the more you take away from it? HOLE I reach for the sky, but clutch to the ground; sometimes I leave, but I am always around the answer is TREE Although my cow is dead, I still beat her... what a racket she makes! DRUM You can spin, wheel and twist, but it can turn without moving. What is it? MILK Today he is there to trip you up and he will torture you tomorrow. Yet he is also there to ease the pain, when you are lost in grief and sorrow. ALCOHOL You hear it speak, for it has a hard tongue. But it cannot breathe, for it has not a lung. What is it? BELL When they are caught, they are thrown away. When they escape, you itch all day. FLEAS He stands beside the road in a purple cap and tattered green cloak. Those who touch him, curse him. THISTLE Who killed one-fourth of mankind? CAIN I pass before the sun, yet make no shadow. What am I? WIND If you break me I'll not stop working. If you can touch me, my work is done. If you lose me, you must find me with a ring soon after. What am I? HEART I have a hundred legs but cannot stand, a long neck but no head; I eat the maid's life. What am I? BROOM What does no man want, yet no man want to lose? WORK A hill full, a hole full; yet you cannot catch a bowl full. What is it? MIST A riddle, a riddle, as I suppose; a hundred eyes and never a nose! What is it? SIEVE I have four wings, but cannot fly, I never laugh and never cry; On the same spot I'm always found, toiling away with little sound. What am I? WINDMILL Two brothers we are, great burdens we bear, all day we are bitterly pressed; Yet this I will say - we are full all the day, and empty when we go to rest. What are we? SHOES What is it that is deaf, dumb and blind and always tells the truth? MIRROR What can you break without hitting or dropping it? PROMISE White bird, featherless, flyin' out o' paradise, flyin' over sea and land, dyin' in my hand. What is it? SNOWFLAKE Who is it that rows quickly with four oars but never comes out from under his own roof? TURTLE Patch upon patch, without any stitches; if you tell me this riddle, I'll give you my breeches! CABBAGE Long and slinky like a trout, never sings till it's guts come out. What is it? GUN If you look, you can't see me. If you see me, you cannot see anything else. I can make you walk if you can't. Sometimes I speak the truth, and sometimes I lie. If I lie, I am nearer the truth. What am I? DREAM Who was born before their mother, died before their father, and was buried in their grandmother's arms? ABEL I am sometimes strong and sometimes weak, but I am nobody's fool. For there is no language that I cannot speak, though I never went to school. What am I? ECHO Always old, sometimes new, never sad, sometimes blue. Never empty, sometimes full, never pushes, always pulls. MOON High born, my touch is gentle, purest white is my lace; silence is my kingdom, green is the colour of my death. What am I? SHOW I am a window, I am a lamp, I am clouded, I am shining, and I am coloured; set in white, I fill with water and overflow. I say much, but I have no words. What am I? EYE I am two-faced but bear only one, I have no legs but travel widely. Men spill much blood over me, kings leave there imprint on me. I have greatest power when given away, yet lust for me keeps me locked away. What am I? COIN Not born, but from a Mother's body drawn, I hang until half of me is gone. I sleep in a cave until I grow old, then valued for my hardened gold. What am I? CHEESE We are all around, yet to us you are half blind. Sunlight makes us invisible, and difficult to find. What are we? STARS Marking mortal privation, when firmly in place. An enduring summation, inscribed in my face. TOMBSTONE They try to beat me, they try in vain. And when I win, I end the pain. DEATH When I'm used, I'm useless, once offered, soon rejected. In desperation oft expressed, the intended not protected. What am I? EXCUSE Some will use me, while others will not, some have remembered, while others have forgot. For profit or g ain, I'm used expertly, I can't be picked off the ground or tossed into the sea. Only gained from patience and time, can you unravel my rhyme? KNOWLEDGE 'Twas in heaven pronounced, 'twas muttered in hell, and echo caught faintly the sound as it fell. On the confines of earth it was permitted to rest, and in the depths of its presence there was confessed. H Many things can create one, it can be of any shape or size, it is created for various reasons, and it can shrink or grow with time. What is it? HOLE Used left or right, I get to travel, over cobblestone or gravel. Used up, I vie for sweet success, used down, I cause men great duress. What am I? THUMB Iron roof, glass walls, burns and burns and never falls. LANTERN My second is performed by my first, and, it is thought, a thief by the marks of my whole might be caught. What am I? FOOTSTEP Come up and let us go; go down and here we stay. ANCHOR I come out of the earth, I am sold in the market. He who buys me cuts my tail, takes off my suit of silk, and weeps beside me when I am dead. ONION What is the thing which, once poured out, cannot be gathered again? RAIN When I live I cry, if you don't kill me I'll die. What am I? CANDLE My first is a creature whose breeding is unclear. My second, a price you must pay. My whole can be found in the river of Time and refers to events of today. What am I? CURRENT I can not be seen only heard and I will not speak unless spoken to. ECHO Often held but never touched, always wet but never rusts, often bites but seldom bit, to use me well you must have wit. TONGUE I'm as small as an ant, as big as a whale. I'll approach like a breeeze, but can come like a gale. By some I get hit, but all have shown fear. I'll dance to the music, though I can't hear. Of names I have many, of names I have one. I'm as slow as a snail, but from me you can't run. What am I? SHADOW Consumes all and lays to waste, pull out of its mouth for better taste. FIRE A gray flower with no pattern to bloom, as likely at sunrise as at night as at noon. When the bulb's grown and thoroughly drowned, the whole thing shatters and the plant crashes down. CLOUD Break it and it is better, immediately set and harder to break again. RECORD Twigs and spheres and poles and plates, join and bind to reason make. SKELETON Can not be bought, can not be sold, even if it's made of gold. HEART