Which key is the hardest to turn? (A donkey) A jumper of ditches, a leaper of thorns a little grey man with two leather horns — A hare It is black, tis white and tis read all over — (A newspaper) I have a little sister she sits near the ditch and if you'll go near she'll you the itch — (A nettle) Black and white went over the hill black came back and white stayed still — (A hen laying an egg) Little miss petticoat with the white petticoat the longer she stands the smaller she grows — (A Candle) Tis not inside the house nor outside the house bit tis in the house — A Window A big bodied mother, a thin legged father three little brothers and they all of one colour — (An oven) As round as a marble as deep as a cup and all the King's army could not lift it up —
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