 I was going to St. Ives I met a man with seven wives. Each wife had seven sacks. Each sack had seven cats. Each cat had seven kits. Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, how many were going to St. Ives?  Marcus Ward's arithmetic - Page 60by John William Marshall - 1879 - 275 pagesFull view - About this book
 | L. J. S. - Children's literature - 1866 - 94 pages
...Here is a riddle for you, Sissy ; you must guess it, it's stupidly easy : — ' " As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives, Each wife had a cat, Each cat had a kit, How many were there going to St. Ives?" Do you give it up ? ' ' What a hurry... | |
 | Georgiana Charlotte Clark - 1876 - 296 pages
...in? — Little Johnny Green,— Who pulled her out ?— Little Johnny Stout 209 | As I was going to St. Ives.— I met a man with seven wives;— Each wife had seven sacks, — Each tack had seven cats, — Each cat had seven kits,— Kits, cats, sacks, and wives,— How... | |
 | 1923 - 978 pages
...water; Jack fell down and iroke his crown — And the audience howled with laughter. A SI was going to St. Ives I met a man with seven wives, Each wife had seven press agents. Each press agent had seven stories. Each story had seven columns, — Columns, stories,... | |
 | Joseph William Comyns Carr - 1883 - 984 pages
...rest, we planned a visit to that spot immortalised by nursery rhyme — " As I was going to St. Ires I met a man with seven wives. Each wife had seven sacks ; Each sack had seven cats ; Each cat had seven kits ; Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, — How many were... | |
 | Dinah Maria Mulock Craik - Cornwall (England : County) - 1884 - 168 pages
...forenoon's rest, we planned a visit to that spot immortalised by nursery rhyme — "As I was going to St. Ives I met a man with seven wives. Each wife had seven sacks ; Each sack had seven cats ; Each cat had seven kits ; Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, — . How many... | |
 | Folklore - 1918 - 620 pages
...goes out in spite of us? — A fire in the grate. (d) Misleading Questions. 819. As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives, , Each wife...each sack were seven cats; Each cat had seven kits. Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were going to St. Jves? Just I.1 820. Timothy Titus took two... | |
 | Leonard Williams - Spain - 1902 - 514 pages
...the jest may lie in some catch or subtlety of expression, as in the familiar — " As I was going to St. Ives I met a man with seven wives ; Each wife had seven cats, Each cat had seven kits ; How many were going to St. Ives ? " Or else it may depend upon certain... | |
 | Manchester Historic Association (Manchester, N.H.) - Manchester (N.H.) - 1903 - 370 pages
...question to be answered in one of these momentous problems was stated in these words: "As I was going to St. Ives I met a man with seven wives. Each wife had seven sacks, Each sack had seven cats, Each cat had seven kits, Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were going... | |
 | Manchester Historic Association (Manchester, N.H.) - Manchester (N.H.) - 1903 - 386 pages
...question to be answered in one of these momentous problems was stated in these words: "As I was going to St. Ives I met a man with seven wives. Each wife had seven sacks, Each sack had seven cats, Each cat had seven kits, Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were going... | |
 | Logan Douglass Howell - Readers (Primary) - 1912 - 136 pages
...((spoken, mis sis) ASKING RIDDLES Mrs. Jones is Alice's mother. She is asking riddles : "As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives. Each wife had seven sacks ; Each sack had seven cats ; Each cat had seven kits : Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were... | |
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