...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...

...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 wives. Every wife had 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...

...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 wives. Every wife had 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...

...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 wives ; Every wife had 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...

...were involuntaiily compelled to remember the old riddle about 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 bad seven kittens, kittens, cata, sacks, and wives, how many men were going to St. Ives?" Before night...

...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,...

...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, 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,...

...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...

...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? I am not prepared to state whetl^er the foregoing can be classed with conundrums,...

...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...