 As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives, Every wife had seven sacks, Every sack had seven cats, Every cat had seven kits — Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were going to St. Ives?  The Howell Primer - Page 102by Logan Douglass Howell - 1912 - 127 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Petsch - Riddles - 1899 - 168 pages
...niet. Maar: P. sät bift vwtr en Poepte. Ganz älmlich ist eine englische Fassung (Hallivvcll, 132): As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives, Eoery wife had seven sacks, Every sack had seven cals, Eaery cat had senen kits: Kits and cats, sacks... | |
 | Charles Eliot Norton - Readers - 1899 - 120 pages
...the bells of Stepney. I'm sure I don't know, Says the great bell of Bow. AS I WAS GOING TO ST. IVES. As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives ; Every wife had seven sacks, Every sack had seven cats, Every cat had seven kits : Kits, cats, sacks,... | |
 | David Salmon - English language - 1899 - 296 pages
...lost our mittens. The King of Hearts called for the tarts And beat the Knave full sore. As [= when] I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives. The man in the moon Came down too soon. There was a man of our town, And he was wondrous wise. I like... | |
 | George James Smith - English language - 1901 - 364 pages
...lost our mittens. 47 The King of Hearts called for the tarts And beat the Knave full sore. As [= when] I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives. The man in the moon Came down too soon. There was a man of our town, And he was wondrous wise. I like... | |
 | George Jay Smith - English language - 1901 - 358 pages
...lost our mittens. 47 The King of Hearts called for the tarts And beat the Knave full sore. As [= when] I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives. The man in the moon Came down too soon. There was a man of our town, And he was wondrous wise. I like... | |
 | Leonard Williams - Spain - 1902 - 514 pages
...adivinanza proper. Then 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... | |
 | Karl Knortz - Folklore - 1902 - 296 pages
...riddeldy ro-te-tot. (Kirsche). 23Black within, Red without, Four corners round about. (Schornstein). 24. As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with sevcn wives, Each wife had seven sacks, Each sack had seven cats, Each cat had seven kits; Kits, cats,... | |
 | Manchester Historic Association (Manchester, N.H.) - Manchester (N.H.) - 1903 - 370 pages
...puzzles. The great 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...kits, Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were going to St. Ives?" Then there was the dilemma in which the man found himself who had come to the river... | |
 | Manchester Historic Association (Manchester, N.H.) - Manchester (N.H.) - 1903 - 386 pages
...puzzles. The great 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...kits, Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were going to St. Ives?" Then there was the dilemma in which the man found himself who had come to the river... | |
 | Charles Eliot Norton - Readers - 1903 - 138 pages
...with stone so strong, Dance over my Lady Lee ; Huzza! 'twill last for ages long, With a gay lady. 75 As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives ; ^Every wife had seven sacks, Every sack had seven cats, Every cat had seven kits : Kits, cats, sacks,... | |
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