 | 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,... | |
 | Eneas Sweetland Dallas - General - 1871 - 618 pages
...perhaps it is not new, we do not recollect having seen before : — " As I was going to St. Ives, I met seven wives ; Every wife had seven sacks ; Every sack...cats ; Every cat had seven kits; Kits, cats, sacks, wives, How many were there going to St. Ives?" The answer is, of course, found in the first line. Rejected... | |
 | Child - 1883 - 330 pages
...big ; He was not very lean, He was not very fat : He 'll do well for a grunt, Says little Jack Sprat. As I was going to St. Ives I met a man with seven...sacks, and wives, How many were there going to St. Ives ? Go to bed first, a golden purse ; Go to bed second, a golden pheasant ; Go to bed third, a golden... | |
 | Child - 1883 - 330 pages
...big ; He was not very lean, He was not very fat: He '11 do well for a grunt, Says little Jack Sprat. As I was going to St. Ives I met a man with seven...sacks, and wives, How many were there going to St. Ives ? Go to bed first, a golden purse ; Go to bed second, a golden pheasant; Go to bed third, a golden... | |
 | Nursery rhymes, English - 1883 - 75 pages
...What few would like to give away, Nor any wish to keep. 40 RELA TIONSHIP. AS I WAS GOING TO ST. IVES. As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven...cats, Every cat had seven kits. Kits, cats, sacks, and wives,How many were going to St. Ives ? RELATIONSHIP. THERE were three sisters in a hall, There came... | |
 | Cheshire (England) - 1883 - 638 pages
...wondering spectators if the scene were involuntaiily compelled to remember the old riddle about St. Ives: " As I was going to St. Ives I met a man with seven...seven sacks, every sack had seven cats, every cat bad seven kittens, kittens, cata, sacks, and wives, how many men were going to St. Ives?" Before night... | |
 | Joseph William Comyns Carr - 1883 - 984 pages
...St. Ires I met a man with 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 there going to St. Ives ! " — -One ; and after we had been there, we felt sure he never went again ! There were two roads,... | |
 | 1923 - 978 pages
...a pail of water; Jack fell down and iroke his crown — And the audience howled with laughter. A SI was going to St. Ives I met a man with seven wives, Each wife had seven press agents. Each press agent had seven stories. Each story had seven columns,... | |
 | England - 1884 - 804 pages
...Ivés I met a man with seven wives. Each wife liad seven sacks ; Ivi -I i sack had seven catR ; Each cat had seven kits ; Kits, cats, sacks, and wives,— How many were there going to St. Ivés i" — -One ; and after we had been there, we felt sure he never went again ! There were two... | |
 | Dinah Maria Mulock Craik - Cornwall (England : County) - 1884 - 168 pages
...given our horse a forenoon's rest, we planned a visit to that spot immortalised by nursery rhyme — "As I was going to St. Ives I met a man with seven wives. Each wife had seven sacks ; Each sack had seven cats ; Each cat had seven kits ; Kits, cats, sacks,... | |
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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? 
