Twelve pears hanging high,
Twelve knights riding by ;
Each knight took a pear,
And yet left eleven there!
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This nursery rhyme has a variant that is a riddle too.
There were 12 pears hanging by.
12 men were riding by.
Eachman took one.
How many were left?
The answer is: “eleven”; Eachman is a person’s name.