General Riddles

A box without hinges, key, or lid, Yet golden treasure inside is hid.

Place the following letters in such a manner that it becomes something which is used to clean: boas
soap (flip the alphabet b so that it becomes p).

I can be long, or I can be short. I can be grown, and I can be bought. I can be painted, or left bare. I can be round, or I can be square. What am I?
Fingernails.

What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?

Take off my skin - I won't cry, but you will! What am I?
An onion.

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

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

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.

The peacock is a bird which doesn't lay eggs. Then how does it come into the world?
Peahens lay eggs, not peacocks

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?

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