...Noll, whose power's so great, Tell me this riddle while I count eight. CXLIII. [A CANDLE.] LITTLE Nancy Etticoat, In a white petticoat ; The longer she stands, The shorter she grows. CXLIV. [PAIR OF TONGS.] Long legs, crooked thighs, Little head and no eyes. CXLV. [ONE LEG IS A LEG...

...Noll, whose power's so great, Tell me this riddle while I count eiprht. CXLin. [A CANDLE.] LITTLE Nancy Etticoat, In a white petticoat ; The longer she stands, The shorter she grows. CXLIV. [PAIR OF TONGS.] Long legs, crooked thighs, Little head arid no eyes. CXLV. [ONE LEG IS A LEG...

...Noll, whose power's so great, Tell me this riddle while I count eight. CXL1n. [A CANDLE.] LITTLE Nancy Etticoat, In a white petticoat ; The longer she stands, The shorter she grows. CXLIV. [PAIR OF TONGS.] Long legs, crooked thighs, Little head and no eyes. CXLV. [ONE LEG IS A LEG...

...called a devil, which is not the term given. Nanny supplies interesting folk-lore. " Nanny netticoat in a white petticoat, the longer she stands the shorter she grows," is a familiar West Yorkshire riddle for a candle. In the same district napper ccwe=head. Nominee is...

...apparently as durable as the stone pedestal where she has long been a fixture, brought to mind " Little Nan Etticoat, in a white petticoat, the longer she stands, the shorter she grows" — only her's was a brown one. Long may she be the guardian of the old crumbling tower, and when she...

...singing now, but here is a riddle. Now tell me what it is. Miss Lucy, you must guess. " ' Little Nell Etticoat In a white petticoat, The longer she stands...can't guess what it is: is it a white cow's tail?" "Oh! I made a mistake," said Lucy; "I was thinking of the riddle where the cow's tail grows downwards."...

...way, nor never got hurt." Miss Clare told them this old riddle one morning: "Little Miss Nanny-goat In a white petticoat. The longer she stands The shorter she grows." They drew pictures of the answer (a candle) and cut some from white paper. To their collection of animals...

...candle power speech. Ere I finish you may think of that old conundrum— "Nettie Coat, Netftie Coat, in a white petticoat, the longer she stands the shorter she grows, and when she dies she leaves a black nose." Only you may paraphrase it thus : "The longer he stands...

...old Noll whose power's so great. Tell me this riddle while I count eight.9 (A candle) LITTLE Nancy Etticoat, In a white petticoat ; The longer she stands, The shorter she grows. L (A tongs) ONG legs, crooked thighs, Little head and no eyes. Ctoo legs feat on Cfjree TWO legs sat...

...children light themselves to bed with sputtering candles in brass candle sticks, and singing: " Little Nan Etticoat, in a white petticoat, The longer she stands, the shorter she grows." Scene: Any thoroughfare in Richmond after nightfall. Enter citizens shouting : " Let us have light,...