 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1841 - 144 str.
...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,... | |
 | Percy Society - 1841
...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,... | |
 | Percy Society - 1841
...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,... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1843 - 259 str.
...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,... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell- Phillipps - 1846
...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,... | |
 | 1846 - 252 str.
...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,... | |
 | Lawrence Lovechild - 1847 - 102 str.
...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,... | |
 | 1875
...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... | |
 | Johann Wilhelm Wolf - 1855
...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... | |
 | L. J. S. - 1866 - 80 str.
...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 ? ' ' What a hurry... | |
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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? 
