Riddles
I am taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost everybody. Pencil lead What goes round the house and in the house but never touches the house? The sun What is it that you can keep after giving it to someone else? Your word What walks all day on its head? A nail in a horseshoe What gets wet when drying? A towel What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years? The letter M What is round as a dishpan, deep as a tub, and still the oceans couldn't fill it up? A sieve There were five men going to church and it started to rain. The four that ran got wet and the one that stood still stayed dry. Body in coffin, and bearers The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they? Footsteps He who has it doesn't tell it. He who takes it doesn't know it. He who knows it doesn't want it. What is it? Counterfeit money Brothers and sisters have I none but that man's father is my fat...
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