Answers are all sayings or adages

[toyota1155]

Example: 2 stiff standers, 2 dilly danders, 2 hookers, 2 snookers & a switchabout. What am I?

Answer: A cow

1. Head without hair, teeth without lips, one long leg & no hips. What am I?

2. I am cold to the touch, yet I burn if held. what am I?

3. I killed one fourth of mankind. Who am I?

4. A box without hinges, key or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid. What am I?

5. I'm Black Biddy from the north, I've got a large mouth but cannot talk. I've got two large ears but cannot hear and I've got three legs but I cannot walk. What am I?

6. Which word in the English language becomes shorter when it is lengenthed?

7. Unborn, yet from a mother's body drawn, I sleep in the dark as I grow old, then I'm valued for my hardened gold. What am I?

8. Lovely & round, I shine with pale light, grown in the darkness, a Lady's delight. What am I?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Mamyalynne]

3 cain(as there were only 4 people at that time)??

[gen2]

Surely a cow has

Four stiff standers,
Four dilly danders,
Two lookers,
two crookers,
And a wig-wag.

[cancross]

4 - An egg. Used in The Hobbit, I think.

[cancross]

6 - Short

[gen2]

8

Answer
A pearl.

It is pretty and near spherical,
Usually white,
Grows in an oyster,
And worn by ladies as jewelry.