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RIDDLE by MOTHER GOOSE

First Line: AS I WAS GOING TO ST. IVES / I MET A MAN WITH SEVEN WIVES
Last Line: HOW MANY WERE THERE GOING TO ST. IVES?
Subject(s): RIDDLES;
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?



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