Riddle #927

I'm tall when I'm young, I'm short when I'm old, and every Halloween I stand up inside Jack O Lanterns. What am I?

I build up castles. I tear down mountains. I make some men blind, I help others to see. What am I?

I can swim or walk for miles. I’m big with thick, white hair. I live up in the Arctic. What I am?

The more you take away, the bigger I become. What am I?

Poke your fingers in my eyes and I will open wide my jaws. Linen cloth, quills, or paper, I will devour them all. What am I?

I run over fields and woods all day. Under the bed at night I sit, never alone. My tongue hangs out, up and to the rear, waiting to be filled in the morning. What am I?

The thunder comes before the lightning; the lightning comes before the clouds. The rain dries everything it touches. What am I?

I go around all the places, cities, towns and villages, but never come inside. What am I?

Of no use to one, yet absolute bliss to two. The small boy gets it for nothing. The young man has to lie or work for it. The old man has to buy it. The baby's right, the lover's privilege, the hypocrite's mask. To the young girl, faith; To the married woman, hope; To the old maid, charity. What am I?

I had no father, only a grandfather. I shall bear no sons, only daughters. What am I?

You can easily touch me, but not see me. You can throw me out, but not away. What am I?