 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?  Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages ... - Seite 95von Percy Society - 1841Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Merry heart, Melville Gray - 1871 - 244 Seiten
...Can-a-mare-eat-oats ? FORMED long ago, yet made to-day, Employed while others sleep ; AS I WAS GOING TO ST. IVES. As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven...kits. Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were going to St. Ives ? RELATIONSHIP. THERE were three sisters in a hall, There came a knight amongst them... | |
 | Nursery rhymes - 1874 - 588 Seiten
...one leg. One leg is a leg of mutton ; two legs, a man ; three legs, a stool; four legs, a dog. ccxcv. As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven...Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were there going to St. Ives? CCXCVI. HlTTY PlTTY within the wall, Hitty Pitty without the wall : If you touch... | |
 | Georgiana Charlotte Clark - 1876 - 296 Seiten
...well. — Who put her in? — Little Johnny Green,— Who pulled her out ?— Little Johnny Stout 209 | As I was going to St. Ives.— I met a man with seven wives;— Each wife had seven sacks, — Each tack had seven cats, — Each cat had seven kits,— Kits, cats,... | |
 | Caroline M. Churchill - 1877 - 268 Seiten
...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 whether the foregoing can he classed with conundrums,... | |
 | 1878 - 252 Seiten
...too." Says the little cock-sparrow, " I'll be shot if I stay," So he clapped his wings, and flew away. As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven...Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were there going to St. Ives? A frog^he would a-wooing go, Sing, heigho, says Rowley, Whether his mother would... | |
 | Noble Lovely Prentis - 1878 - 258 Seiten
...before been introduced to me by a certain verse which records that, "As I was going to St. Ives, I met seven wives : every wife had seven sacks ; every sack had seven cats ; every cat had seven kits." In respectful remembrance of the kits, cats, sacks and wives, and also to deliver a letter intrusted... | |
 | William Henry Giles Kingston - 1879 - 402 Seiten
...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 - 1871 - 618 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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...Kits, cats, 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... | |
 | Child - 1883 - 330 Seiten
...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...Kits, cats, 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... | |
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