“What flies when it’s born, lies when it’s alive, and runs when it’s dead?”/“Snow.”

A winter riddle is:
   
Q: What flies when it’s born, lies when it’s alive, and runs when it’s dead?
A: Snow.
 
The riddle was posted on the newsgroup alt.rec.spot on May 5, 2000, and has been printed on several images.
   
       
Google Groups: alt.rec.spot
Tonights question #1
Fred Agnir
5/5/00
(...)
Easy one:
What flies when it’s born, lies when it alive, and runs when it’s dead?
     
Yahoo! Answers (May 3, 2007)
What flies when it’s born, lies when it alive, and runs when it’s dead?
Answers
Best Answer:  snowflake
goncarlo
 
Twitter
Hoodie B the Müse‏
@IamBrianJ
What flies when it’s born, lies when it alive, and runs when it’s dead? #Riddle
6:03 PM - 28 Aug 2009
 
30 July 2017, The Daily Telegraph (Surry Hills, New South Wales), “Laugh till your face hurts,” pg. 3:
Q. What flies when it’s born, lies when it’s alive and runs when it’s dead?
A: Snow!
 
Reddit—The Puzzle Network
What flies when it’s born, lies when it’s alive, and runs when it dies? (self.riddles)
submitted August 4, 2017 by freepopper
 
Twitter
Letterbox Recruiting‏
@LetterboxJobs
#Riddle of the day:
What flies when it’s born, lies when it’s alive, and runs when it’s dead?
6:30 AM - 2 Oct 2017