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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? "
A yacht voyage round England - Page 129
by William Henry Giles Kingston - 1879 - 334 pages
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The Early Naval Ballads of England, Volume 2, Issue 2

James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1841 - 434 pages
...bird's nest. They found a bird's nest with five eggs in, They all took one, and left four in. CLI. 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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Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages ...

Percy Society - 1841 - 468 pages
...bird's nest. They found a bird's nest with five eggs in, They all took one, and left four in. CLI. 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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Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the ..., Volume 4

Percy Society - 1841 - 476 pages
...bird's nest. They found a bird's nest with five eggs in, They all took one, and left four in. CLI. 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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The Nursery Rhymes of England: Obtained Principally from Oral Tradition

James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1843 - 332 pages
...bird's nest. They found a bird's nest with five eggs in, They all took one, and left four in. CLXXXVII. 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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The Book of Nursery Rhymes Complete: From the Creation of the World to the ...

1846 - 266 pages
...bird's nest. They found a bird s nest, with five eggs in, They all took one, and left four in. 131. 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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The Nursery Rhymes of England: Collected Chiefly from Oral Tradition

1846 - 300 pages
...bird's nest. They found a bird's nest with five eggs in, They all took one, and left four in. cxxxu. 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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The Book of Nursery Rhymes, Tales, and Fables: A Gift for All Seasons

Lawrence Lovechild - 1847 - 118 pages
...in his hand, a stone in his throat, — If you'll tell me this riddle, I'll give you a groat. C ASI 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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The Juvenile companion, and Sunday-school hive [afterw.] The ..., Volumes 25-26

1876 - 396 pages
...friends to insert the following puzzle; it is very old, but it may be new to some of our readers, — As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with fifty wives, And every wife had fifty sacks, And every sack had fifty cats, And every cat had fifty...
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Zeitschrift für deutsche Mythologie und Sittenkunde, Volumes 3-4

Johann Wilhelm Wolf - 1855 - 918 pages
...hang then? = fchlesw. holft. fag. f, 508 nr. 21. Simrock nr. 65. 66. 457. II nr. 52. 7. NR. CXXXII: 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 kits: kits, cats, sacks...
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Playhours in London

L. J. S. - 1866 - 94 pages
...having guessed it. Here is a riddle for you, Sissy ; you must guess it, it's stupidly easy : — ' " As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives, Each wife had a cat, Each cat had a kit, How many were there going to St. Ives?" Do you give it up...
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