Classic Riddles

Can you solve this riddle? What has wings, but can not fly. Is enclosed, but can outside also lie. Can open itself up, or close itself away. Is the place of kings and queens and doggerel of every means. What is it upon which I stand? Which can lead us to different lands. Click to find out the answer!

Can you solve this riddle? As a whole, I am both safe and secure. Behead me, I become a place of meeting. Behead me again, I am the partner of ready. Restore me, I become the domain of beasts. What am I? Click to find out the answer!

Can you solve this riddle? We travel much, yet prisoners are, and close confined to boot. Yet with any horse, we will keep the pace, and will always go on foot. What am I? Click to find out the answer!

Can you solve this riddle? I went to the woods and got it, when i got it didn’t want it, looked for it, couldn’t find it so I took it home. What is it? Click to find out the answer!

Can you solve this riddle? A horrid monster hides from the day, with many legs and many eyes. With silver chains it catches prey. And eats it all before it dies. Yet in every cottage does it stay. And every castle beneath the sky. What am I? Click to find out the answer!

Can you solve this riddle? I move without wings, Between silken string, I leave as you find, My substance behind. What am I? Click to find out the answer!

Can you solve this riddle? What surrounds the world, yet dwells within a thimble? Click to find out the answer!

Can you solve this riddle? I cannot be felt, seen or touched. Yet I can be found in everybody. My existence is always in debate. Yet I have my own style of music. What am I? Click to find out the answer!

Can you solve this riddle? You use it between your head and your toes, the more it works the thinner it grows. What am I? Click to find out the answer!