...found a bird's nest with five eggs in, They all took one, and left four in. [A Well.] CCXXIX. Ad I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives,...sacks, and wives, How many were there going to St. Tves ? ccxxx. [The Holly Tree.] HiGHTY, tighty, paradighty clothed in green, The king could not read...

...was going to Saint Ives I met 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 Saint Ives ? And there was the other, which was an aggravating puzzle to us infants, about...

...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...

...scholar, What makes you come so soon ? You used to come at ten o'clock, But now you come at noon. As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives;...sacks, and wives, How many were there going to St. Ives ? As I was going up Pippen Hill, • Pippen Hill was dirty, — There I met a pretty miss, And she...

...her fingers and bells on her toes, She shall have music wherever she goes. As I was going to Saint Ives, I met a man with seven wives. Every wife had...cat had seven kits. Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, Bessy Bell and Mary Gray, They were two bonny lasses; They made their house upon the sea, And covered...

...centuries.3 Daniel Adams gives in his arithmetic the following stanza : " As I was going to St. Ives, I met seven wives. Every wife had seven sacks ; Every sack...kits : Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were going to St. Ives ? " Compare this with Fibonaci's " Seven old women go to Rome," etc., and with the...

...sleep ; What few would like to give away, Nor any wish to keep. [j ' AS I was going to St. Ives, J~\ I met a man with seven wives ; Every wife had seven...and wives, How many were there going to St. Ives A> I went through the garden gap, Who should I meet but Dick Red-cap ! A stick in his hand, a stone in...

...; What few would like to give away, Nor any wish to keep. [.rf Eta. AS I was going to St. Ives, r\ I met a man with seven wives ; Every wife had seven...sacks, and wives, How many were there going to St. Ives AS I went through the garden gap, J\ Who should I meet but Dick Red-cap ! A stick in his hand, a stone...

...; What few would like to give away, Nor any wish to keep. \_A Bed. AS I was going to St. Ives, /VI met a man with seven wives ; Every wife had seven...sacks, and wives, How many were there going to St. Ives ? AS I went through the garden gap, J\ Who should I meet but Dick Red-cap! A stick in his hand, a stone...

...30, aus dem Friesischen : Ganz ähnlich ist eine englische Fassung (Halliwcll, 132): As I was golng to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives, Every wife had seven sacks, Every sack had seven cats, Eaery cat had seven kits: Kits and cats. sacks and wives, How many were there going to St. Icts't Natürlich...