August 29. Story of the Day: St. Ives

This is a fun little riddle/rhyme from The Nursery Rhyme Book edited by Andrew Lang. You can find out more at Wikipedia.

The rhyme is classified as Roud 19772.

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AS I WAS GOING TO ST. IVES

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 there going to St. Ives?

(Heart of Oak Books)