Old Mother Twitchett had but one eye,
And a long tail, which she left fly;
And every time she went over a gap,
She left a bit of her tail in a trap.

Who or what is Mother Twitchett?

Old Mother Twitchett is a needle

one eye= the eye where the thread goes through

long tail=the thread

left a bit of her tail behind=when she goes through the cloth, the thread stays in there

Posted by Minerva on 2007-03-07 21:51:58