Notes

This is the Irish version of the riddle Little Nancy Etticoat.

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Comments

Scroll down for the answer to the riddle - though for this one you have a great hint!
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Answer: A lit candle.

Thanks and Acknowledgements

This rhyme can be found in "English As We Speak It in Ireland" (1910) by P. W. Joyce. The illustration is from Mother Goose, The Original Volland Edition (1915), edited and arranged by Eulalie Osgood Grover and illustrated by Frederick Richardson (with some graphical editing by Mama Lisa).