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Old Mother Twitchett (Posted on 2006-07-06)

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?

Submitted by bookworm

Rating: 3.1429 (7 votes)

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a needle and thread

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Subject	Author	Date
Explanation to riddle answer	K Sengupta	2023-01-07 20:39:26
answer	K Sengupta	2007-03-18 03:15:55
Easy	Minerva	2007-03-07 21:51:58
Solution	nolan	2006-12-22 01:33:08
Old Mother Twitchett	Katie B	2006-12-02 16:11:01
No Subject	daniel	2006-11-13 10:16:35
my answer	Lisa Owens	2006-09-17 23:28:19
Old Mother Twitchett Answer	louiseypeasey	2006-08-29 06:27:59
zipper	karen	2006-08-19 21:56:15
Old Mother Twitchett	karen	2006-08-19 21:52:35
Old Mother Twitchett	Becky Marley	2006-07-28 15:25:12
is it	Arthur Robert Samuel	2006-07-25 01:28:12
No Subject	Dan	2006-07-11 01:05:46
Answer	Tara	2006-07-10 12:12:27
re: Answer	MJ	2006-07-09 20:53:56
Answer	MJ	2006-07-09 20:52:47
re: Answer (spoiler)	brianjn	2006-07-08 22:21:15
Answer (spoiler)	Vernon Lewis	2006-07-06 22:00:09
answer (spoiler)	Daniel	2006-07-06 08:23:39

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