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.
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This Nursery rhyme is a riddle too.
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.
So what is old mother Twitchett?
The answer is: “A needle and thread”.