Brainteaser!!

Since i have been reading and saw some riddles. I'll post some here to brain tease some of you. Lets see how many can you get answers can you get.


1) I am taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost everybody.

2) What goes round the house and in the house but never touches the house?

3)What is it that you can keep after giving it to someone else?

4) What walks all day on its head?

5) The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?

Well.. i'll post the answers later on.. meanwhile.. try and see if you can solve these simple riddles..