Riddle 26. What has hands

What has hands and has no fingers?

A clock.

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Comments: From Folk-Lore from Elizabeth City County, Virginia by Elsie Clews Parsons. See Riddle 25 for something similar.

Riddle 25. Something has two hands...

Something has two hands but doesn't wash his face.

A clock or a watch.

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Comments: From Folklore of the Sea Islands by Elsie Clews Parsons.

Riddle 24. Spell water...

Spell water with just three letters.

Ice.

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Comments: From Folklore of the Sea Islands by Elsie Clews Parsons.

Riddle 23. Once I was going to London...

Once I was going to London, I met somebody standing, cut his throat and suck his blood, and leave his body standing.

A bottle or jug of whiskey.

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Comments: From Folklore of the Sea Islands by Elsie Clews Parsons. She also reports this variant: "Once I was walking down a road and met a man; I shook his hand and drank his blood."

Riddle 22. Once I was walking down a road...

Once I was walking down a road and met a man; I shook his hand and drank his blood.

A water-pump.

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Comments: From Folklore of the Sea Islands by Elsie Clews Parsons. She also reports this variant: "Back in the road I met an old man; the more I shake his hand, the more he bleed." For a similar proverb, see Riddle 17.

Riddle 21. Feather it have...

Feather it have and cannot fly; feet it have and cannot walk.

A bed.

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Comments: From Folklore of the Sea Islands by Elsie Clews Parsons. 

Riddle 20. Has teeth...

Has teeth but can't eat.

A saw, or a comb.

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Comments: From Folk-Lore from Elizabeth City County, Virginia by Elsie Clews Parsons.

Riddle 19. Little red house...

Little red house, with white fence all round it; door keeps opening and shutting.

Gums, teeth, mouth.

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Comments: From Folk-Lore from Elizabeth City County, Virginia by Elsie Clews Parsons.

Riddle 18. In the water, on top of the water...

In the water, on top of the water, out of the water, back again in the water, but doesn't touch the water.

An egg inside its shell inside a duck.

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Comments: From Folk-Lore from Elizabeth City County, Virginia by Elsie Clews Parsons.

Riddle 17. Up and down...

Up and down, up and down; never touches the sky nor ground.

A pump-handle.

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Comments: From Folk-Lore from Elizabeth City County, Virginia by Elsie Clews Parsons. If you have indoor plumbing, the water-pump is not part of your daily life, but there are a lot of proverbs about pumps because for people who get their water that way, it is an object of great interest. For a similar item, see Riddle 22.