Poetry Explorer

Classic and Contemporary Poetry

RIDDLE: SEWING NEEDLE AND THREAD by MOTHER GOOSE

First Line: OLD MOTHER TWITCHETT HAS BUT ONE EYE
Last Line: SHE LEAVES A BIT OF HER TAIL IN A TRAP.
Subject(s): RIDDLES;
OLD Mother Twitchett has but one eye,
And a long tail which she can let fly,
And every time she goes over a gap,
She leaves a bit of her tail in a trap.



Home: PoetryExplorer.net