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 | Poetry - 1915 - 494 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? (One.) Two legs sat upon three legs, With one leg in his lap; In comes four legs... | |
 | American poetry - 1923 - 658 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? (One.) Two legs sat upon three legs, With one leg in his lap; In comes four legs... | |
 | BLANCHE FISHER WRIGHT - 1916 - 132 pages
...instead of me. JACK Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, J ack jump over the candlestick. 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 W. Rollason, Margaret Harvey, Michael Prestwich - Architecture - 1998 - 552 pages
...sub tributo. a' has become a vassal. An example in English nursery rhyme is As I was going to Saint Ives I met a man with seven wives; each wife had seven...kits. Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, how many were going to Saint Ives? John Henry Newman's hymn is in the same form: Praise to the Holiest in the height... | |
 | C.C. Gaither, Alma E Cavazos-Gaither - Mathematics - 1998 - 506 pages
...Arithmeticus Virginia, Nevada I don't know. Sketches Old and New Answers to Correspondents 'i Unknown 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,... | |
 | Rob Reid - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1999 - 268 pages
...traditional Family members can work out this traditional riddle together. As I was going to St. Ives, Each wife had seven sacks. Each sack had seven cats. Each cat had seven kits: Kits, cats, sacks, wives, How many were going to St. Ives? The answer: one. (The parents can quietly explain the answer... | |
 | Paul Johnson - History - 1999 - 276 pages
...and Roman worlds, and Egyptian-style prmiitive mathematics are reflected in such archaic ditties as 'As I was going to St Ives I met a man with seven wives', etc. Granted the technology of the ancient world, and certainly granted the technology the Egyptians... | |
 | Brendan Kelly - Mathematics - 2000 - 100 pages
...St. Ivés, 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. Ivés? 7—» 72— » '3— » The Rhind Papyrus: Problem 79 hieratic script hieroglyphics... | |
 | Bryan Bunch, Bryan H. Bunch - Mathematics - 2001 - 414 pages
...nearly 3000 years later by Fibonacci, and also is implicit in the trick question of a children's rhyme: 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,... | |
 | Midhat J. Gazalé - Mathematics - 2000 - 340 pages
...Saint Ives, I met a man with seven wives. Ev'ry wife had seven sacks Ev'ry sack had seven cats Ev'ry cat had seven kits. Kits, cats, sacks and wives, How many were going to Saint Ives? It is worth observing that problem 79 in the Rhind Papyrus also deals with groupings... | |
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