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? The Folk-lore Readers: Book Two - Página 83por Eulalie Osgood Grover - 1914 - 159 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1884 - 804 páginas
...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... | |
| James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1886 - 360 páginas
...They found a bird's nest with five eggs in, They all took one, and left four in. [A Well.] CCXXIX. Ad I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives,...kits : Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were there going to St. Tves ? ccxxx. [The Holly Tree.] HiGHTY, tighty, paradighty clothed in green, The... | |
| Amanda Bartlett Haris - 1886 - 122 páginas
...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 the man... | |
| 1918 - 620 páginas
...Ives, I met a man with seven wives, , Each wife had seven sacks; In each sack were seven cats; Each cat had seven kits. Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were going to St. Jves? Just I.1 820. Timothy Titus took two ties to tie up two tall trees. If Timothy Titus took two... | |
| David Salmon - 1890 - 280 páginas
...lost our mittens. The King of Hearts called for the tarts And beat the Knave full sore. As [ = when] I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives. The man in the moon Came down too soon. There was a man of our town, And he was wondrous wise. I like... | |
| 1893 - 112 páginas
...o'clock scholar, What makes you come so soon ? You used to come at ten o'clock, But now you come at noon. As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven...kits: Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were there going to St. Ives ? As I was going up Pippen Hill, • Pippen Hill was dirty, — There I met... | |
| Edward Pearson Moses - 1895 - 116 páginas
...her fingers and bells on her toes, She shall have music wherever she goes. As I was going to Saint Ives, I met a man with seven wives. Every wife had...cat had seven kits. Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, Bessy Bell and Mary Gray, They were two bonny lasses; They made their house upon the sea, And covered... | |
| Florian Cajori - 1896 - 324 páginas
...centuries.3 Daniel Adams gives in his arithmetic the following stanza : " As I was going to St. Ives, I met seven wives. Every wife had seven sacks ; Every sack...sacks, and wives, How many were going to St. Ives ? " Compare this with Fibonaci's " Seven old women go to Rome," etc., and with the problem in the Ahmes... | |
| Andrew Lang - 1897 - 300 páginas
...; What few would like to give away, Nor any wish to keep. [.rf Eta. AS I was going to St. Ives, r\ I met a man with seven wives ; Every wife had seven...kits : Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were there going to St. Ives AS I went through the garden gap, J\ Who should I meet but Dick Red-cap ! A... | |
| Andrew Lang - 1897 - 320 páginas
...; What few would like to give away, Nor any wish to keep. \_A Bed. AS I was going to St. Ives, /VI met a man with seven wives ; Every wife had seven...kits : Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were there going to St. Ives ? AS I went through the garden gap, J\ Who should I meet but Dick Red-cap!... | |
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