Старинные английские загадки.



1)This is a precious gift,though it has neither end nor beginning and in the - middle-nothing.



2)A strange wooden house that brings to people nothing but pain,and yet those who stay there,nether do complain.



3)A barrel of rainwater weights twenty pounds.What you must add to barrel to make it weight fifteen?



4)Answers the caller,without being asked,respons within a moment,and speaks all languages with equal ease.



5)It isnt a barrel or bucket or can..it is what you must fill with empty hands.



6)Every men in the world had seen it but they will never see it again.



7)Flat as a leaf,round as a ring,has two eyes but can't see a thing.



8) Has feather but cant fly,rests on legs but cant walk.



9)Has a tongue but never talks,has no legs but sometimes walks/



10)Man got it in the forest and brought it home in his hand, because he could not find it.The more he looked for it,the more he was getting angry.When he finally found it,he threw it away.



11)It has holes in the bottom,holes in it's sides but still it can hold some water.



12)It can more over water,but can not fly.It can move under water but stays dry.



13)It can break the best armor,and make swords crumble,but regardless all its power,it can't break a club.



14)It never was before,and it is not exist now,fools wait for it forever.



15)Look in my face - i am somebody,look at my back - i am nobody.



16)What can be broken by naming it?



17)What you should keep only after giving it?



18)Strong enough to smash ships and crush roofs,yet it still must fear the sun.



19)Passed from father to son and shared between brothers,but used mostly by the others.



20)The one who made it didnt need it.The one who bought it didnt want it.The one who used it never saw it.