Old Mother Twitchett Has But One Eye
Old Mother Twitchett Has But One Eye
Riddle
Old mother Twitchett has but one eye,
And a long tail which she can let fly,
And every time she goes over a gap,
She leaves a bit of her tail in a trap.
Comments
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Answer: A needle and thread.
Below is a slightly different version that can be found in A History of Nursery Rhymes (1899) by Percy B. Green…
Old mother needle had but one eye,
A very long tail which she let fly,
Every time she went through a gap
She left a bit of her tail in the trap.
Thanks and Acknowledgements
The illustration can be found in "A Book of Nursery Rhymes" (1901) by Charles Welsh.
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