 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...  Lucy and Arthur - Strana 14autor/autoři: Lucy (fict.name.) - 1842Úplné zobrazení - Podrobnosti o knize
 | Percy Society - 1841 - 476 str.
...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... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1841 - 434 str.
...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... | |
 | Percy Society - 1841 - 468 str.
...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... | |
 | 1903 - 664 str.
...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... | |
 | Mary E. Parker Bouligny - 1871 - 382 str.
...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... | |
 | Lucy (fict.name.) - 1875 - 204 str.
...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."... | |
 | Mary Helen Beckwith - 1907 - 160 str.
...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... | |
 | 1910 - 700 str.
...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... | |
 | Lawrence Elmendorf - 1919 - 286 str.
...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... | |
 | Mary Newton Stanard - 1923 - 346 str.
...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,... | |
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