Riddle #12

Little trotty hetty coat,
in a long petticoat,
and a red nose,
the longer she stands,
the shorter she grows.

Answer: [Candle]
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Riddle #11

Dead on the field lie ten soldiers in white,
Felled by three eyes, black as night.

Answer: [Ten Pin Bowling]
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Riddle #10

What is it that occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, and once in a million years?

Answer: [The letter M]
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Riddle #9

Eight and five, last name and given,
We are one six six six even;
The first in cow, the last in oxen
Three in damsel, three in vixen.

Answer: [Roman Numerals]
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Riddle #8

Alive without breath,
As cold as death;
Never thirsty, ever drinking,
All in mail never clinking

Answer: [ Fish]
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Riddle #7

With pointed fangs I sit and wait,
With piercing force I dole out fate,
Over bloodless victims proclaiming my might,
Eternally joining in a single bite.

Answer: [Stapler]
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Riddle #6

What can run but never walks,
Has a mouth but never talks,
Has a bed but never sleeps,
Has a head but never weeps?

Answer: [River]
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Riddle #5

Often we are covered with wisdom and wit,
and oft with a cloth where the dinner guests sit;
In beauty around you and over your head,
we are countless, though numbered when bound to be read.

Answer: [Leaves]
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Riddle #4

I am the black child of a white father;
A wingless bird, flying even to the clouds of heaven.
I give birth to tears of mourning in pupils that meet me,
and at once on my birth I am dissolved into air.

Answer: [Smoke]
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Riddle #3

The beginning of eternity.
The end of time and space.
The beginning of every end,
and the end of every place.

Answer: [The letter ‘e’]
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