As I was going to St. Ives

Nursery rhymes  

Kids songs  

Riddles

A Sailor Went to Sea	Моряк в море пошёл
All Clocks Go Like This	Все часы идут вот так
Alouette	Lark
Arre Вorriquito	Giddy up, little donkey
... further results

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?

• wikipedia:As I was going to St Ives
  

 По пути в Сент-Ив встретила я,
С семью жёнами мужа я:
У каждой жены - семь мешков,
В каждом мешке по семь котов,
У каждой кошки семь котят:
Котят, котов, мешков и жён!
Сколько же шло в Сент-Ив?!

• Шёл Кондрат В Ленинград
  

Test Yourself

1 Where was I going when I met a man and his wives?

	I was going home.
	I was going to work.
	I was going to St Ives
	I was going to London.

2 How many sacks were the women carrying altogether?

	They were carrying forty-nine.
	They were carrying seven.
	They had twenty-seven sacks.
	They only had one sack.

3 How many were going to St Ives?

	There were seven kits and seven cats.
	There were 7 wives,7 kits,7 cats and a sack.
	There were 7 wives,7 kits,7 cats, a man and myself.
	7 wives,7 kits,7 cats and 7 rats.