General Riddles

Two children, who were all tangled up in their reckoning of the days of the week, paused on their way to school to straighten matters out. "When the day after tomorrow is yesterday," said Priscilla, "then 'today' will be as far from Sunday as that day was which was 'today' when the day before yesterday was tomorrow!" On which day of the week did this puzzling prattle occur?
The two children were so befogged over the calendar that they had started on their way to school on Sunday morning!

Some months have 31 days, some have 30 days, how many months in the Gregorian calendar have 28?
All the 12 months!

What has a head and a tail, but no body?

Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, Toothless bites, Mouthless mutters.

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.

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

A container without hinges, lock or a key, yet a golden treasure lies inside me. What am I?

Feed me and I live, yet give me a drink and I die.

I am a six letter word. Subtract one letter and twelve will remain. Who am I?

What has an eye but can not see?

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