 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?  My Book House: In the nursery - Page 33edited by - 1920Full view - About this book
 | Gail Hamilton - Authors and publishers - 1870 - 304 pages
...them read before five men, two of whom are indifferent to you, three hostile, and four strangers. " Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were there going to St. Ives." 1 I am moved here to say, that those persons who during the present century have been annoyed by letters... | |
 | Gail Hamilton - Authors and publishers - 1870 - 296 pages
...them read before five men, two of whom are indifferent to you, three hostile, and four strangers. " Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were there going to St. Ives."1 I am moved here to say, that those persons who during the present century have been annoyed... | |
 | Merry heart, Melville Gray - Nursery rhymes, English - 1871 - 244 pages
...Can-a-mare-eat-oats ? FORMED long ago, yet made to-day, Employed while others sleep ; 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,... | |
 | Nursery rhymes - 1874 - 588 pages
...one leg. One leg is a leg of mutton ; two legs, a man ; three legs, a stool; four legs, a dog. ccxcv. 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,... | |
 | Georgiana Charlotte Clark - 1876 - 296 pages
...well. — Who put her 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 many were... | |
 | Caroline M. Churchill - California - 1877 - 268 pages
...numerous progeny, bring to mind the childish riddle of Saint Ives — As I was going to Saint Ives I met seven wives; each wife had seven sacks; each sack...kits — kits, cats, sacks and wives, how many were going to Saint Ives? I am not prepared to state whether the foregoing can he classed with conundrums,... | |
 | Children's poetry - 1878 - 252 pages
...too." Says the little cock-sparrow, " I'll be shot if I stay," So he clapped his wings, and flew away. 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,... | |
 | William Henry Giles Kingston - Great Britain - 1879 - 402 pages
...What ! " exclaimed Dick, " is this the St. Ives I've heard of all my life ? " and he repeated — " As I was going to St. Ives I met a man with seven wives ; Seven wives had seven sacks, Seven sacks had seven cats, • Seven cats had seven kits, — Kits,... | |
 | John William Marshall - Arithmetic - 1879 - 306 pages
...631680 letters : how many letters are there in each line on the average ? 47. As I was coming from St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives ; Each wife had seven sacks, In each sack were seven cats, Each cat had seven kits, Each kit had seven rats : Cats, kittens, rats,... | |
 | 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...and wives, — How many were there going to St. Ives ! " — -One ; and after we had been there, we felt sure he never went again ! There were two roads,... | |
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