Just wanted to post a few riddles I've taken a fancy to, see what everybody thinks. Post your guesses, and your own riddles. Just number your riddles (continue from mine) so that people can respond easily ^.^
#1
The part of the bird,
That is not in the sky,
That swims in the ocean,
But always stays dry.
SOLVED by Dukat
#2
One thin, one bold,
One sick, one cold,
The earth we span,
to prey upon man.
SOLVED by Jupis
#3
Gold in a leather bag, swinging from a tree,
Money after honey in it's time,
Ills of a scurvy crew cured by the sea,
Reason in its season but no rhyme.
SOLVED by AirRaiser
#4
Touching one yet holding two,
It is a one-link chain,
Binding those who keep word true,
'Til death rent it in twain.
SOLVED by JamesBond
#5
A warrior amongst the flowers,
He bears a pitch-black sword,
Able and ready to use,
To guard his golden hoard.
SOLVED by Shiroku
#6
My step is slow, the snow's my breath,
I give the ground a grinding death,
My marching makes an end of me,
Slain by sun or drowned at sea.
SOLVED by AirRaiser
#7
A hundred brothers lie next to each other,
Each white and fine - they've only one spine,
I am the tongue that lies between two,
Use me to bring forth their wisdom to you.
SOLVED by JamesBond
#8
Oak and hazel are my aunts,
Though they are not my kin,
My cousins grow in pod or vine,
I often have a twin,
My shape is like the sands of time,
Trapped within a glass,
I have no legs, instead a shell,
I dwell beneath the grass.
SOLVED by Dukat
#9
Round she is, yet flat as a board,
Altar of the lupine lord,
Jewel on black velvet, pearl in the sea,
Unchanged yet changing, eternally.
SOLVED by Knarpulous
#10
One tooth to bite,
The forest's foe,
One tooth to fight,
As all Norse know.
SOLVED by JamesBond
#11
The load-bearer, the warrior,
The frightened one, the brave,
The fleet of foot, the ironshod,
The faithful one, the slave.
SOLVED by JamesBond
#12
I'm often held yet rarely touched,
Always wet yet cannot rust,
Sometimes wagged and sometimes bit,
To use me well you must have wit.
SOLVED by JamesBond
#13
A house of wood in a hidden place,
Built without nail or glue,
High above the earthen ground,
It holds pale gems of blue.
SOLVED by AirRaiser
#14
The beginning of eternity,
The end of time and space,
The beginning of every end,
The end of every place.
SOLVED by Shiroku
#15
The more I am clever, the more I am good,
The more, as a rule, I am misunderstood.
SOLVED by JamesBond
