General Riddles

I am in the beginning of sorrow and sadness. You will find me in happiness also. You will find me in sun and stars but not in moon. I am in summer and spring but not in fall or winter. Who am I?
The alphabet S.

When I am open I am U-shaped but when I am closed I am V-shaped. Who am I?
Umbrella

Two children, who were all tangled up in their reckoning of the days of the week, paused on their way to school to straighten matters out. "When the day after tomorrow is yesterday," said Priscilla, "then 'today' will be as far from Sunday as that day was which was 'today' when the day before yesterday was tomorrow!" On which day of the week did this puzzling prattle occur?
The two children were so befogged over the calendar that they had started on their way to school on Sunday morning!

Some months have 31 days, some have 30 days, how many months in the Gregorian calendar have 28?
All the 12 months!

I am a 7 letter word. I become longer when my third letter is removed. Who am I?

How can you drop an egg on a floor 20 yards below, without cracking it?
The floor will not crack by the dropping of an egg on it!

I am a drink. I am also an alphabet? Who am I?

What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
A stamp.

I run around a house but I don't move. Who am I?

A shepherd has 18 goats. All but 6 die. How many are left?
6 of course!

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