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Long Legs, Crooked Thighs
A Riddle

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

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Answer: A pair of tongs.

Illustration of Long Legs Riddle

Thanks and Acknowledgements

This rhyme can be found in Children's Literature, A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes (1920) by Charles Madison Curry and Erle Elsworth Clippinger. The illustration can be found in The Big Book of Nursery Rhymes (circa 1920) edited by Walter Jerrold (1865 - 1929) and illustrated by Charles Robinson (with some graphical editing of the above image by Lisa Yannucci).

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