Riddle: It has a face that does not smile or frown. It has no mouth but it makes a familiar sound. It has hands but fingers it does not. What is it?
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A clock.
Hand riddles
I have no feet and no hands and no wings, but I climb to the sky. What am I?
Riddle: I have no feet and no hands and no wings, but I climb to the sky. What am I?
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Smoke.
What has eight legs, eight hands and eight eyes?
Riddle: What has eight legs, eight hands and eight eyes?
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Eight pirates.
If there is a bee in my hand what is in my eye?
Riddle: If there is a bee in my hand what is in my eye?
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Beauty – because beauty is in the eye of the bee holder!
I can be flipped and broken but I never move. I can be closed, and opened, and sometimes removed. I am sealed by hands. What am I?
Riddle: I can be flipped and broken but I never move. I can be closed, and opened, and sometimes removed. I am sealed by hands. What am I?
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Deal.
I am a fruit but add a letter to my middle and I become a handkerchief.
Riddle: I am a fruit but add a letter to my middle and I become a handkerchief.
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Banana (bandana).
What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?
Riddle: What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?
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A palm tree.
The sun bakes them and the hand breaks them. The foot treads on them and the mouth tastes them. What are they?
Riddle: The sun bakes them and the hand breaks them. The foot treads on them and the mouth tastes them. What are they?
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Grapes.
What can you hold in your left hand but not your right?
Riddle: What can you hold in your left hand but not your right?
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Your right elbow.
I have two hands, but I can’t scratch myself. What am I?
Riddle: I have two hands, but I can’t scratch myself. What am I?
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A clock or watch.
What can you hold in your right hand but not in your left?
Riddle: What can you hold in your right hand but not in your left?
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Your left hand.
What has a neck but no head and two arms but no hands?
Riddle: What has a neck but no head and two arms but no hands?
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A shirt.