Riddle 181
Tom gave his brother John a box,
About it there were many locks,
The box was not with key supplied,
But caused two lids to open wide.
A smack up-side the head
Riddle 182
The Load-bearer, the Warrior,
The Frightened One, the Brave,
The Fleet-of-foot, the Ironshod
The Faithful One, the Slave
A horse
Riddle 183
Walks in the wind
Runs in the rain
Makes dry oceans in the sun
Counts time, stops clocks
Swallows kingdoms, gnaws rocks.
Sand
Riddle 184
The rolling hills, the heart that beats forever,
The land that never changes, never stills
Ploughed by travellers far from home, not planted,
White in anger, green in peace, and always blue.
Sea, ocean
Riddle 185
Pull with all your might, only a whistle you'll gain
but almost out of sight, someone may shrink in pain.
A bow and arrow
Riddle 186
Listen closely, I'm hard to understand
I am as elusive as is a handful of sand.
Even if you perceive me, you know me not
before you can tell me, what I have forgot.
A riddle
Riddle 187
As I went over London Bridge
I met my sister Jenny
I broke her neck and drank her blood
And left here standing empty.
Tell me who was my sister?
A bottle of gin
Riddle 188
What goes through the door without pinching itself?
What sits on the stove without burning itself?
What sits on the table and is not ashamed?
Sun
Riddle 189
What work is it that,
the faster you work,
the longer it is before your work is done,
And the slower you work
the sooner your work is finished?
Roasting meat on a spit
Riddle 190
Whilst I was engaged in sitting
I spied the dead carrying the living
What did I see?
A ship (the vessel is made of dead wood and the people are alive)
Riddle 191
I know a word of letters three,
Add two and fewer there will be.
Few
Riddle 192
I give you a group of three.
One is sitting down, and never will get up.
The second eats as much as is given him,
yet is always hungry.
The third goes away and never returns.
Stove, fire and smoke
Riddle 193
He who makes it does not keep it.
He who takes it does not know it.
He who knows it does not want it.
He who gathers it must destroy it.
What is it?
Counterfeit money
Riddle 194
Whoever makes it, tells it not.
Whoever takes it, knows it not.
Whoever knows it, wants it not.
Of what do I speak?
Counterfeit money
Riddle 195
Who makes it, has no need of it.
Who buys it, has no use for it.
Who uses it, can neither see nor feel it.
A coffin
Riddle 196
The man who made it didn't need it.
The man who bought it didn't use it.
The man who used it didn't want it.
A coffin
Riddle 197
You seized me, and yet I fled
You see me flee and cannot hold me tight
You press me in your hand, then your fist is empty.
What am I?
Snow
Riddle 198
What has four legs in the morning,
Two legs in the afternoon,
And three legs in the evening?
Man (a baby crawls on four legs, an adult walks on two, and an old man walks with the aid of a cane).
Riddle 199
What is deaf, dumb and blind
and always tells the truth?
A mirror
Riddle 200
What is always in front of you
but cannot be seen?
Future
