Riddle Me This

Here are some traditional riddles. Can you guess the answers?

1. A cloud was my mother, the wind is my father, my son is the cool stream, and my daughter is the fruit of the land. A rainbow is my bed, the earth my final resting place, and I’m the torment of some men, a blessing for all.
2. I am the beginning of the end, and the end of time and space. I am essential to creation, and I surround every place. What am I?
3. It’s been around for millions of years, but it’s no more than a month old. What is it?
4. What always runs but never walks, often murmurs, never talks, has a bed but never sleeps, has a mouth but never eats?
5. At night they come without being fetched. By day they are lost without being stolen. What are they?
6. The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
7. What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
8. I bind it and it walks. I loose it and it stops.
9. What is put on a table, cut, but never eaten?
10. What is it that you can keep after giving it to someone else?

Answers

1. Rain
2. The letter e. End, timE, spacE, Every place
3. The moon
4. A river
   River bed: the channel in which a river flows.
   River mouth: the part of ariver that flows into a lake, river, reservoir or ocean.
   to run(of a river): to flow
5. The stars

Fetched: found and brought back by someone

6. Footsteps
   Take is the verb that collocates with step or footstep
7. A penny.
8. A sandal

Bind: to tie something

Loose: to untie something

9. A pack of cards
10. Your word
    keep your word: to do what you have promised