Riddles are Tonic for the Mind - Riddle Page 2

Riddles are Tonic for the Mind

No.1	As I went across the bridge, I met a man with a load of wood which was neither straight nor crooked. What kind of wood was it?	Solution Sawdust
No.2	What belongs to you but others use it more than you do?	Solution Your name
No.3	What goes up the chimney down, but can't go down the chimney up?	Solution An umbrella
No.4	What is is that you will break even when you name it?	Solution Silence
No.5	What fastens two people yet touches only one?	Solution A wedding ring
No.6	What is it the more you take away the larger it becomes?	Solution A hole
No.7	I am the beginning of sorrow, and the end of sickness. You cannot express happiness without me, yet I am in the midst of crosses. I am always in risk, yet never in danger. You may find me in the sun, but I am never out of darkness.	Solution The letter S
No.8	What is put on a table, cut, but never eaten?	Solution A pack of cards
No.9	Who are the two brothers who live on opposite sides of the road yet never see each other?	Solution Eyes
No.10	What holds water yet is full of holes?	Solution A sponge
No.11	Though it is not an ox, it has horns; though it is not an ass, it has a pack-saddle; and wherever it goes it leaves silver behind. What is it?	Solution A snail
No.12	Lives without a body, hears without ears, speaks without a mouth, to which the air alone gives birth.	Solution An echo
No.13	A hundred-year-old man and his head one night old.	Solution Snow on a tree stump
No.14	What goes into the water red and comes out black?	Solution A red-hot poker
No.15	What goes into the water black and comes out red?	Solution A lobster
No.16	When one does not know what it is, then it is something; but when one knows what it is, then it is nothing.	Solution A riddle
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