General Riddles

There are a few trees in a garden. On one of them, a pear tree, there are pears (quite logical). But after a strong wind blew, there were neither pears on the tree nor on the ground. How come?
At first, there were 2 pears on the tree. After the wind blew, one pear fell on the ground. So there where no pears on the tree and there were no pears on the ground.

I am so fragile that even if anybody says my name I break. Who am I?

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Footsteps

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!

Tear one off and scratch my head what was red is black instead.
A matchstick.

I reach for the sky, but clutch to the ground; sometimes I leave, but I am always around. What am I?

Complete the sentence using two words, which are anagrams. The man with the _______ wanted to have _______.
The man with the beard wanted to have bread.

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.

You can find me in the middle of each month in all the countries. You can always find me only in the night but never in the day.
The alphabet "N".

A red house is made up of red bricks, a blue house is made up of blue bricks, a green house is made up of _______.

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