As I was going to St. Ives
I met a man with seven wives
And every wife had seven sacks
And every sack had seven cats
And every cat had seven kits
Kits, cats, sacks, wives
How many were going to St. Ives?
This nursery song is a riddle for children to which the answer is one. Since the person reciting the rhyme was going to St. Ives, a village in Cornwall, and everyone else was coming from St. Ives, only one was going to St. Ives.
Coming toward the traveler were: one man; seven wives; seven times seven, or forty-nine sacks; seven times seven times seven, or three hundred and forty three cats; and seven times seven times seven times seven, or two thousand four hundred and one kits; making a total of eight humans, forty-nine sacks, and two thousand, seven hundred and forty-four cats; a grand total of two thousand eight hundred and one, including the man, his wives, the sacks, the cats, and the kits.
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Sugar Moon Lullabies™,
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For All Ages.
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