General Riddles

I don't have legs but I have hands. I can run but I can't walk. Who am I?
A clock.

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

A basket contains 5 apples. Do you know how to divide them among 5 kids so that each one has an apple and one apple stays in the basket?
Answer to this riddle goes as follows: 4 kids get an apple (one apple for each one of them) and the fifth kid gets an apple with the basket still containing the apple

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

A girl who was just learning to drive went down a one-way street in the wrong direction, but didn't break the law. How come?
She was walking.

A container without hinges, lock or a key, yet a golden treasure lies inside me. What am I?

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

When can you make the following equation correct? 14+1=3
In a clock when we add 14hrs and 1hr we get 15hrs i.e. 3 o'clock

I am a six letter word. I always follow you in light, but I disappear at night as I am afraid of darkness. Who am I?

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

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