Riddles

I am the beginning of eternity,
The end of time and space.
The beginning of every end,
And the end of every place.
What am I?

**The letter e**

At night they come without being fetched,
And by day they are lost without being stolen.

** Stars **

I never was, am always to be,
No one ever saw me, nor ever will,
Yet I am the confidence of all,
To live and breath on this terrestrial ball.

** Tomorrow **

In the United States, is it legal for a man to marry his widow's sister?

**Answer: No, if he is a widow then he is dead and cannot legally marry anyone.**

How much dirt is in a hole that measure 2 feet deep and three feet wide?

**Answer: There is no dirt in a hole **

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

** A river **

Is the second day of the week pronounced Tues-dee, or Tues-day?

**Answer: The second day of the week is Monday **

Two fathers and two sons each shot a duck and none of them shot the same duck. Only three ducks were shot, why?

** Answer: There is a grandfather, a father and a son. The grandfather is the father of the Father, the Father is the father of the son. That makes two fathers. The Son is the son of the father, and the father is son of the grandfather. That makes two sons. **

If you have three apples and you take two, how many do you have?

** Answer: Two. You took two apples, so therefore you have two **

A horse was tied to a five meter rope and six meters away was bail of hay. Without breaking the rope the horse was able to get to the bail of hay. How was that possible?

** Answer: The other end of the rope was tied to nothing! **

Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain on earth?

** Answer: Mt. Everest **

How many bricks does it take to complete a building made of bricks?

** Answer: only the last one **

What passes through water but never gets wet?

**Sunshine**

What can add to a bucket of water to make it weigh less?

** A hole **

What can speak in every language but has no mouth?

** An echo **

There were six apples in a basket and six girls in a room. Each girl took an apple yet there was an apple left in the basket. How is this possible?

** The last girl took the basket with the apple in it! **