General Riddles

I have a thumb and four fingers, but I have no flesh or bone. Who am I?

I am clean when I look black and dirty when I look white. Who am I?
Blackboard

Does the government of Texas permit a man to marry his widow's sister?
No question of legitimacy, because the man is already dead!

What has roots as nobody sees, Is taller than trees. Up, up, up it goes, And yet never grows?
Mountain.

What is that which everybody has seen but will never see again?
Yesterday

The diameter of a hole is 4ft 5in. How much dirt does it contain?
A hole has no dirt in it. It contains only air.

Fill in the sequence: 10 10 22 9 24 8 26 ?
7 Explanation: There are two series - 20, 22, 24, 26 and 10, 9, 8, 7.

Paul's height is six feet, he's an assistant at a butcher's shop, and wears size 9 shoes. What does he weigh?

Sam's son is the brother of the only sister of Andrew. Dorothy, the only daughter of Sam, has only two brothers. What is the relation between Sam and Andrew?
Sam is Andrew's father.

What comes twice in a week, once in a year, but never in a month or a day?
The Letter 'E'.

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