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Little Nancy Etticote in a white petticoat. With a red nose; the longer she stands the shorter she grows.
A young man wants to have me but when he has me, he no longer wants me. What am I?
I am one with eight to spare, lest I lose my one. I'm not a number. What am I?
I am a key that is playful. What am I?
I plow and plow, but never sow. What am I?
Why was the cook arrested?