1) I pass by the sun, yet I cast no shadow. What am I?
wind

2) I'm light as a feather, yet no man can hold me very long. What am I?
breath

3) No sooner spoken then broken. What am I?
silence

4) Feed me, and I'll stay alive, give me a drink and I'll die. What am I?
fire

5) What can go up a chimney down, but cannot go down a chimney up?
an umbrella

6) What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never speaks, has a bed but never sleeps, has a head but never weeps?
river

7) If you break me, I'll not stop working. If you can touch me my work is done. If you lose me, you must find me with a ring soon after. What am I?
the human heart

8) "We are very little creatures;all of us have different features. One of us in glass is set; one of us you'll find in a jet. Another you may see in tin, and the fourth is boxed within. If the fifth you should pursue, it can never fly away from you." What are we?
a,e,i,o,u and y...vowels

9) On me you'll find roads without cars, forests without trees, and cities without houses. What am I?
a map

10) I have a hundred legs but cannot stand, a long neck but no head; I can eat the maid's life. What am I?
a broom

11) Cannot be seen, cannot be felt, cannot be heard, cannot be smelt. It lies behind the stars and beneath the hills. Ends life and kills laughter. What is it?
darkness

12) I run but cannot walk, I sometimes sing but never talk. I don't have arms, but I have hands, I don't have a head but I have a face. What am I?
clock

13) What builds up castles, tears down moutains, makes some blind, helps others to see?
sand

14) What lives in winter, dies in summer, and grows with its roots upward?
an icicle

15) Man walks over, man walks under; in time of war he burns asunder?
a bridge

16) In a tunnel of darkness lies a breast of iron. It can only attack when pulled back. What is it?
a bullet

17) Walk on the living, they don't even mumble. Walk on the dead they mutter and grumble. What are they?
leaves

18) I am emeralds and diamonds, lost by the moon. I am found by the sun and picked up soon. What am I?
dew [morning dew]

19) With no wings I fly, with no eyes I see, with no arms I climb. More frightening that any beast, stronger than any foe. I am cunning, ruthless and tall; In the end I rule all. What am I?
the imagination of man and women

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