Need Me But Give Me Away
People need me but they always give me away.
What am I?
Money.
Hickory Dickory Dock
Hickory dickory dock!
The mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck one
and down I come.
The man will never talk.
What am I?
A guillotine.
What Goes Up And Down But Doesn’t Move?
What goes up and down but doesn’t move?
A staircase. They go up and down, but you’re the one moving.
Stink When Alive
I stink when I’m alive, but I smell good when I’m dead. What am I?
A pig. Mmm, ham and bacon…
Cannot Be Seen, Captured or Held
All about, but cannot be seen,
Can be captured, cannot be held,
No throat, but can be heard.
The wind.
Imprisoned In Wood and Never Released
I am taken from a mine and shut up in a wooden case from which I am never released. Yet I am used by almost everybody. What am I?
Pencil lead. While modern pencils don’t contain lead, that’s still what we call the graphite compound. When real lead was used in pencils it was mined and nearly everyone has used a pencil at some point in their life.
What Once Was Red Is Black Instead
Tear one off and scratch my head, what once was red is black instead. What am I?
A match. You tear a match out of a matchbook and scratch the head to light it, then the red tip turns black from the flame.
This is an exact duplicate of Tear One Off and Scratch My Head but I’m leaving it to avoid broken links.