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Old Mother Twitchett (Posted on 2006-07-06) Difficulty: 1 of 5
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?

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Solution Explanation to riddle answer Comment 19 of 19 |
(In reply to answer by K Sengupta)

"one eye" denotes the eye where the thread goes through

"long tail" denotes the thread

"left a bit of her tail behind" means that when mother twitchett  goes through the cloth, the thread stays in there.

Consequently, the required answer to this riddle is "a needle and thread"

Edited on January 7, 2023, 8:40 pm
  Posted by K Sengupta on 2023-01-07 20:39:26

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