Head, Tail, Brown and No Legs
What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
A penny.
The More You Have, The Less You See
The more you have of it, the less you see. What is it?
Darkness.
The Person Who Makes It Sells It
The person who makes it, sells it.
The person who buys it never uses it.
The person who uses it doesn’t know it.
What is it?
A coffin.
Always Runs, Never Walks
What always runs but never walks, often murmurs, never talks, has a bed but never sleeps, has a mouth but never eats?
A river.
Words Ending in GRY
Think of words ending in -GRY. Angry and hungry are two of them. There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word? The word is something that everyone uses every day. If you have listened carefully, I have already told you what it is.
The riddle states, “There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word?” The third word of the phrase “the English language” is of course “language.” Don’t get angry at me, I didn’t make it up :)
Seasons, Seconds, Centuries and Minutes
What is in seasons, seconds, centuries and minutes but not in decades, years or days?
The letter “n”.
Green House And Lots of Babies
There was a green house. Inside the green house there was a white house. Inside the white house there was a red house. Inside the red house there were lots of babies. What is it?
A watermelon.
At Night They Come
At night they come without being fetched. By day they are lost without being stolen. What are they?
The stars.
Never Was, Always To Be
I never was, am always to be. No one ever saw me, nor ever will. And yet I am the confidence of all, To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball. What am I?
Tomorrow or the future.
The Beginning of the End
I am the beginning of the end, and the end of time and space. I am essential to creation, and I surround every place. What am I?
The letter e. End, timE, spacE, Every placE.