Nursery Rhyme. CCX. Riddles.

        [Pair of tongs.]

    Long legs, crooked thighs,
    Little head and no eyes.

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Nursery Rhyme. CCII. Riddles.

        [A needle and thread.]

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Nursery Rhyme. CCXVIII. Riddles.

    Pease-porridge hot, pease-porridge cold,
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Nursery Rhyme. CCIX. Riddles.

        [A candle.]

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Nursery Rhyme. CLXXXIX. Riddles.

        [Gloves.]

    As I was going o'er London Bridge,
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