RIDDLES ABOUT INSTRUMENTS AND HOME APPLIANCES

It dresses other people, but goes naked itself.

What is it?
(A needle.)
What has an eye, but cannot see?
(A needle.)
A one-eyed dragon with a long tail. It has been in and out of many beautiful
clothes, and seen many good tailors.
(A needle and thread.)
A steel horse with a cotton tail.
(A needle and thread.)
Old mother Twitchet had but one eye
And a long tail which she let fly,
And eery time she went oer a gap,
!he left a bit of her tail in a trap.
(A needle and thread.)
There is one that has a head without an eye,
And there is one, that has an eye without a head"
#ou may find an answer if you try"
And when all is said,
$alf the answer hangs upon a thread.
(A pin and needle.)
With two sharp blades,
Assisted by two rings,
I%m handy for cutting paper,
&abric and other things.
(A pair of scissors.)
It is long and thin, but has a hundred teeth. It nibbles wood that makes its food.
(A saw.)
'y sharp steel teeth,
In any wood,
&or cutting trees
Are ery good.
!o if you want
To fell a tree,
#ou%ll hae to make
(ood use of me.
(A saw.)
What has a hundred teeth, but cannot eat?
(A saw.)
It grinds )uickly and chews" it bites, but does not swallow.
(A saw.)
I drink the blood of the *arth, and the trees fear my roar, yet a man may hold me in
his hands.
(A chainsaw.)
A hundred little brothers,
They are all alike.
(uess them by and by.
(The centimeters in meter.)
$e%s a little round fellow. $oweer hard you pull his tail, you%ll not catch him.
(A ball of wool.)
It is ery small and light, but you won%t be able to lift it by its tail.
What is it?
(A ball of wool.)
Try to drag it
+y its tail
And put it on your back.
#ou%ll fail,
(A ball of string or wool.)
-ong legs,
.rooked thighs,
A little head
And no eyes.
(A pair of tongs.)
$ump back, smooth belly.
(An iron.)
$ead of iron, tail of wood.
(A hammer.)
I am a liely worker, I despises la/y boys. When I see any, I strike them on the
head.
(A hammer.)
Who is ery long and thin with a big and heay head?
(A hammer.)
+rother Thin
And +rother Thick
&asten things,
+oth small and big.
(A nail and a hammer.)
When the wind blows, then the mill goes"
When the wind drops, then the mill stops.
(A windmill.)
+rother 0od
And +rother $ook
Went for simpletons.
1ust look2
+rother $ook,
All tough and firm,
&astened to his nose
A worm.
(A fish-tackle.)
What flies although it has no wings, and sings although it has no oice?
(An arrow.)
A bo3 and a disk, but not a simple thing. It can sing, it can speak, it can play loely
tunes.
(A gramophone.)
Without a tongue, without an ear,
I can speak, and sing, and hear.
(A tape recorder.)
What is it that doesn%t ask )uestions, but must be answered?
(A telephone.)
Oer fields, and woods, and riers
This oice carries 4sometimes )uiers5.
It is carried by wires
6ay and night, it neer tires.
(A telephone.)
This is a house with one window in it, showing films nearly eery minute.
(A TV-set.)
If you want to get rid of dust,
Then I%m surely an absolute must.
&rom eery corner and eery nook
I%ll suck it out, by hook or by crook.
(A vacuum cleaner.)