Hit ->St. Ives

[Jeanne Louise Yarbrough <jly0001@JOVE.ACS.UNT.EDU>]

Thanks to all the LM_NET colleagues that responded to my request.
I got two different versions that I thought would be interesting to post.

Date: Sun, 6 Nov 1994 07:17:06 -0600
From: Wilson L Breeden <wilsonb@tenet.edu>

Jeanne,
As I remember it:

As I was going to St. Ives,
I met a man with seven wives.
Each wife had seven cats,
each cat had seven kits.
How many were going to St. Ives?
(Answer: 1 -- "_I_ was going to St. Ives.")

If you get any variations, it might be interesting to others to see them.



Date: Sun, 6 Nov 1994 00:04:23 -0600 (CST)
From: Sheryl Lee <slee@esu3.esu3.k12.ne.us>

Jeanne --

The poem you asked about is a Mother Goose Rhyme.  I found it in *The Real
Mother Goose*, illus. by Blanche Fisher Wright, publ. by Rand McNally,
c1916 (again in 1944).  Our book opened right to the page, as it was always
one of my girls' favorites (they're now 12 and 15).  It goes like this:

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 going to St. Ives?

Oh, that brings back such memories!




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From: "Betsy Breiding" <R7MEDIA@WVNVM.WVNET.EDU>
To: "Jeanne Louise Yarbrough" <jly0001@JOVE.ACS.UNT.EDU>
Subject:   Re: St. Ives
In-Reply-To: Message of 11/05/94 at 18:12:29 from jly0001@JOVE.ACS.UNT.EDU
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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, sack, wives,
How many were going to St. Ives?

Answer: just one  -  "I" was going to St. Ives, and everyone else
was coming back!

Someone has probably already answered you, but I couldn't resist.
Betsy Breiding R7Media@wvnvm.wvnet.edu

Date: Sun, 6 Nov 1994 14:58:16 -0600 (CST)
From: Mary Ellen Scribner <scribner@tenet.edu>

Three or four years ago I was at the University of Exeter with a group of
librarians participating in a British Studies program.  We had a Sunday
off, and fourteen of us "rented" a driver and his fifteen-passenger bus.
The driver was the best part of the deal!  We had a wonderful day
exploring Cornwall making many of our stops at the suggestion of the
driver. Your inquiry about St. Ives triggered my memories of a frabjous
day on which fourteen silly librarians rode into St. Ives singing:
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 wives,
How many were there going to St. Ives?

Thanks for the memory and enjoy!
Mary Ellen Scribner
Westwood High School
12400 Mellow Meadow Dr.
Austin, TX 78750-1824
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Once again, I say thanks for your resposes.
Jeanne Yarbrough
jly0001@jove.acs.unt.edu
University of North Texas Library Student