Article: Riddles in English

Twelve classic riddles

Riddle : devinette, adivinanza, indovinello, dovinalla, devineta, endevinalla, charada, Rätsel, raadsel, gåte, gåta, mīkla, mįslė, arvoitus, szarada, scharade, tapmaca, αίνιγμα, bilmece, zagonetka, загадка, загонетке, なぞなぞ, 谜语

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What walks on four legs in the morning, two at mid-day, and three in the evening?	Answer
Light as a feather, nothing in it But a strong man can't hold it For more than a minute.	Answer
Alive without breath As cold as death Never thirsty, always drinking Wearing armour, never clinking.	Answer
This thing all things devours Birds, beasts, trees, flowers Gnaws iron, bites steel Grinds hard stones to meal Slays kings, ruins towns And beats high mountains down.	Answer
I have two legs, but they only touch the ground when I’m not walking.	Answer
It's greater than God and more evil than the Devil. The poor have it, the rich need it and if you eat it you’ll die.	Answer
Voiceless it cries Wingless it flutters Toothless bites Mouthless mutters.	Answer
I always run but never walk Often murmur but never talk Have a bed but never sleep I have a mouth but never eat. What am I?	Answer
It cannot be seen, cannot be felt Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt. It lies behind stars and under hills And empty holes it fills. It comes first and follows after Ends life, kills laughter.	Answer
In a marble hall as white as milk Lined with a skin as soft as silk Within a fountain crystal-clear A golden apple does appear. No doors are there to this stronghold, Yet thieves break in and steal its gold.	Answer
I welcome the day with a show of light, I secretly came here in the night. I bathe the lower world at dawn, But by the noon, alas! I'm gone.	Answer
When young, I am sweet in the sun. When middle-aged, I make you happy. When old, I am worth more than ever.	Answer