 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
 | M. Halley, Leonard Lemmon - Readers - 1903 - 196 pages
...any; Put your hand in your purse, You'll never be worse, And give the poor singer a penny. A RIDDLE As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives; Every wife had seven sacks, Every sack had seven cats, Each cat had seven kits; Kits, cats, sacks and... | |
 | Children's poetry - 1905 - 120 pages
...going to St. Ives, I met 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 ? Miss Jane had a bag, and a mouse was in it, She opened the bag, he was out in a... | |
 | Marion Florence Lansing - English language - 1907 - 200 pages
...might. [30 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 there going to St. Ives? 1 HERE was a man in our town, And he was wondrous wise; He jumped into a bramble bush, And scratched... | |
 | Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin, Nora Archibald Smith - Children's poetry - 1907 - 280 pages
...an' satin was her gown, Silk an' satin, gold an' velvet, Guess her name, three times I've tell'd it. 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,... | |
 | Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin - Children's poetry - 1907 - 276 pages
...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? r Two legs sat upon three legs, With one leg in his lap; In comes four legs, And... | |
 | Lawton Bryan Evans - English language - 1908 - 268 pages
...The men will have been acting. Exercise 1. — In these sentences name the verbs and their tenses: 1. As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives. 2. I am working hard all day. 3. The horse was running away. 4. I am not feeling well. 5. I shall be... | |
 | Carl Wagener, Ernst Ludwig - Philology - 1899 - 688 pages
...Lösung in sich selbst zusammenfallen. Sie sind für Schottland nicht belegt, ein englisches lautet: „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 and cats, sacks... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1909 - 668 pages
...Halliwell in ' The Nursery Rhymes of England,' 2nd ed., 1843, p. 117, No. CLXXXVIL, pves the riddle of As I was going to St. Ives I met a man with seven wives. '. shall be glad to know the earliest time •his riddle appeared in print. Is anything mown of its... | |
 | Georgia Alexander - Readers - 1909 - 170 pages
...and tended the sheep until his master found another boy. After that he served the prince many years. 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,... | |
 | Eulalie Osgood Grover - Cats - 1911 - 106 pages
...diddle, diddle, The cat and the fiddle! A TALE OF ST. IVES Listen, O Queen! to my wonderful tale. ' 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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