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Little Nanny Netticoat Has a white petticoat; The longer she stands
 * The shorter she grows;

Now cross both your hands,
 * And tell me who knows.
 * Ans.—A candle.

We have a horse
 * Without any head;

He is never alive,
 * And will never be dead.
 * Ans.—A clothes-horse.

As round as an apple,
 * As deep as a cup;

All the Queen's horses
 * Can't draw it up.
 * Ans.—A well.

A riddle, a riddle,
 * As I suppose;

Full of eyes,
 * But never a nose.
 * Ans.—A sieve.

Long legs, crooked thighs, Little head, and no eyes.
 * Ans.—Tongs.

Humpty-dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty-dumpty got a great fall; Threescore men, and threescore more, Can't make Humpty as before.
 * Ans.—A broken egg.

Old Mother Twitchett has but one eye, And a long tail which she makes fly; And every time she goes over a gap, She leaves a piece of her tail in a trap.
 * Ans.—Needle and thread.