As I Was Going to St. Ives
| Category: | Short Stories & Poems |
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| Notes: | Traditional English riddle rhyme, public domain. Riddle answer: only 1 - the narrator - since the man, wives, sacks, cats, and kits were only met, not going to St. Ives. |
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, and wives,
How many were there going to St. Ives?