 | L. J. S. - 1866 - 94 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1867 - 136 pàgines
...us, and gave him some food. AS I WAS GOING TO ST IVES. e-ver-y how many were wives As I was go -ing to St Ives, I met a man with sev-en wives, E-ver-y...kits, Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were go -ing to St Ives? Revisal of Words. boy mare slide room girl late time soon — — rise moor cook... | |
 | A L. Hately - 1868 - 128 pàgines
...wicked, Yet ne'er committed sin ; My total for my first is fitted, Composed of brass or tin. 14. As 1 was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives...kits : Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were going to St. Ives ? 15. My first gave us early support, My second's a virtuous lass ; To the fields,... | |
 | Old nursery songs - 1869 - 348 pàgines
...man with bandy legs, Bandy legs and crooked toes, I tripped up his heels, and he fell on his nose. SI was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives, Every wife had a sack, Every sack had a cat, Every cat had a kit ; Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were there... | |
 | Gail Hamilton - 1870 - 304 pàgines
...them read before five men, two of whom are indifferent to you, three hostile, and four strangers. " Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were there going to St. Ives." 1 I am moved here to say, that those persons who during the present century have been annoyed by letters... | |
 | 1870 - 300 pàgines
...was going to St. 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 St. Ives?" TEA IN A TARTAR TENT. I HAD taken the precaution to bring an empty bottle and a... | |
 | Gail Hamilton - 1870 - 296 pàgines
...them read before five men, two of whom are indifferent to you, three hostile, and four strangers. " Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were there going to St. Ives."1 I am moved here to say, that those persons who during the present century have been annoyed... | |
 | Merry heart, Melville Gray - 1871 - 244 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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...and wives, How many were there going to St. Ives? CCXCVI. HlTTY PlTTY within the wall, Hitty Pitty without the wall : If you touch Hitty Pitty, Hitty... | |
 | Georgiana Charlotte Clark - 1876 - 296 pàgines
...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,... | |
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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? 
