Little Nanny Etticoat, in a white petticoat, and a red nose; the longer she stands, the shorter she grows. What is she?

You have 14 brown socks, 14 blue socks and 14 black socks in your sock drawer. How many socks must you remove (without looking to be sure) to have a matched pair?

Which side of the turkey has the most feathers?

I say everything I hear to others around.
I’m not an animal, nor part of the human race.
I will, immediately, repeat after you;
But only if my tail is in place.
What am I?

A man decides to buy a nice horse. He pays $600 for it, and he is very content with this strong animal. After a year, the value of the horse has increased to $700 and he decides to sell the horse. But already a few days later he regrets his decision to sell the beautiful [...]

A young man decides to buy a collector’s baseball card. He pays $60 for it. After a month, the value of the card has increased to $70 and he decides to sell it. But already a few days later he regrets his decision to sell the collector’s item, and he buys it again. Unfortunately he [...]

Pat Smith gives someone a dollar. Pat is this person’s brother, but the person is not Pat’s brother. How can that be?

Two sentries were on duty outside a barracks. One faced up the road to watch for anyone approaching from the North. The other looked down the road to see if anyone approached from the South. Suddenly one of them said to
the other, “Why are you smiling?”
How did he know that his companion was smiling? [...]

As a whole, I am both safe and secure.
Behead me, and I become a place of meeting.
Behead me again, and I am the partner of ready.
Restore me, and I become the domain of beasts.
What am I?

Does the law allow a man to marry his widow’s sister?

When is a door not a door?

You are standing by a river with a 5-gallon jug and a 3-gallon jug, but you need exactly 4 gallons of water. Using only the 2 jugs you have, how can you measure out 4 gallons?

Which is correct to say, “The yolk of the egg are white,” or “The yolk of the egg is white?”

I saw a creature: his stomach stuck out behind him, enormously swollen.
A stalwart servant waited upon him. What filled up his stomach
had travelled from far, and flew through his eye.
He does not always die in giving life
to others, but new strength revives
in the pit of his stomach; he breathes again.
What is he?

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?

My tail is long, my coat is brown,
I like the country, I like the town.
I can live in a house or live in a shed,
And I come out to play when you are in bed.
What am I?

I am six letters. When you take one away I am twelve. What am I?

What flies when it’s born, lies when it alive, and runs when it’s dead?

What has one foot on each side and one in the middle?

I’m hard as a rock, and as light as a feather.
I’m passed on to one another.
Poor people need me, and rich people have me.
What am I?

I have freedom from hate,
but not from lies.
I’m usually seen through clouded eyes.
I come unexpected,
though you wait for me all your life.
I can’t be brought yet some people try.
What am i?

Iron roof, glass walls, burns and burns and never falls.
What am I?

What is it that you ought to keep after you have given it to someone else?

I throw her in the air, she falls down: I throw her down, she rises in the air?

Round I start, yet no shape have I.
Allow me to breathe, and my life will die.
The older I grow, the more sought after I become.
You will feel much better when I am done.
What am I?