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Miss Etticoat (Posted on 2006-10-06)

Little miss Etticoat,
In a white petticoat,
And with a red nose.
The longer she stands,
The shorter she grows.

Who or What is she?

No Solution Yet Submitted by Samuel Ballard

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| Comment 9 of 43 |

The answer is a candle. The white petticoat would be the wax. The red nose would be the flame. The longer a candle burns, the shorter it gets.

Posted by Lillian on 2006-10-09 10:48:17

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