General Riddles

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!

Two girls were born to the same mother, on the same day, at the same time, in the same month and year and yet they're not twins. How can this be?
The two babies are two of a set of triplets.

Which time of a day when written in capital letters reads the same from all the four sides?

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

What is as light as a feather, but even the world's strongest man couldn't hold it for more than a minute?
His breath.

I am made up of the head of a lamb, middle of a pig, hind of a buffalo and the tail of a dragon. Who am I?

I am fair and shiny. People use me to find how hot they are. Some call me God. Who am I?

I come form North, East, West and South. I give you lots of information either verbally or textually. Who am I?

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

What has a head and a tail, but no body?

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