...crown" and perhaps forcing the captured king into exile overseas. Saint Ives As I was going to Saint Ives, I met a man with seven wives; Every wife had...Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were there going to Saint Ives? This is a traditional riddle as well as a nursery rhyme. The accepted answer is...

...centuries.8 Daniel Adams gives in his arithmetic the following stanza : " 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 : Kite, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were going to St. Ives ? " Compare this with Fibonaei's "...

...aye, You wives and maids give ear-o! To put them out is the only way, Says Honest John Boldero. to St. As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives; Each wife had seven sacks, Each sack had seven cats, Each cat had seven kits. Kits, cats, sacks and...

...Twister for /v/ Vincent vowed vengeance very vehemently. And an old rhyme As I Was Going to St. Ives As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives, Each wife had seven sacks, Each sack had seven cats, Each cat had seven kits, Kits, cats, sacks, and...

...gom^ to St Ivcs, met a man with 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 Ivcs? '>• ""V. I DOCTOR FOSTER Ioctor Foster went to Gloucester In a shower of ram; He...

...not so, any more than there is a connection with St Ives in Cambridgeshire or the children's riddle: As I was going to St. Ives I met a man with seven wives, Each wife had seven sacks, each sack had seven cats, Each cat had seven kits: kits, cats, sacks and...

...in the numbers. Most people have heard the following old math riddle, given in the form of a poem: As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives, Natural Numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 Integers 0 -1 1 _2 2 -3 Even Positive Integers 2 4 6 8 4 10 Odd Negative...