FIVE RHYMING RIDDLES

1)

Seven times seventy plus a decade more,

In human years that's 25 score;

Every 500 years I'm engulfed in fire,

My nursery will be made from my funeral pyre.

2)

On Saturday and Sunday I'm big,

From Tuesday through Thursday I'm small;

On Monday and Friday, I don't exist at all.

3)

I share my name with every male child;

I give life to all - both the tame and the wild.

4)

I come in many shapes and colors,

Each one different from the others;

I often fall, though never rise,

Some might say I brush the skies.

When I'm gone, some find it drear,

Though, my host allowing, I'll stay all year.

In plural form a second meaning I assume,

It's a word you use when you leave the room.

5)

Made of wood or of metal composed,

You see me open, you see me closed;

Often swinging, sometimes sliding,

You must move me to see what I'm hiding.

HINT:

4. The plural form follows the "wife - wives" pattern.

Answers:

1. The Phoenix

2. The letter "S"

3. Sun/son

4. Leaf/Leaves

5. A door