Wednesday Riddles
ountains will crumble and temples will fall, and no man can survive its endless call. What is it?- This old one runs forever, but never moves at all. He has not lungs nor throat, but still a mighty roaring call. What is it?
- Brothers or sisters have I none, but that mans father is my fathers son. Who is that man?
- Old Mother Twitchett had but one eye, and a long tail which she let fly, and every time she went through a gap, a bit of her tail she left in a trap. What is she?
- What does no man want, yet no man want to lose?
Answers:
- Time.
- A waterfall.
- I am my father’s son, so that man’s father must be me. So that man must be my son.
- A needle and thread.
- His job.
(From RiddleNut.)
