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As I was going to Saint Ives,
I crossed the path of seven wives.
Every wife had seven sacks,
Every sack had seven cats,
Every cat had seven kittens,
Kittens, cats, sacks, wives,
How many were going to Saint Ives?

Spoiler for for question

1(thats me)

[vime]

Another riddle from granny I just remembered:

There was a girl in our town,
Silk an' satin was her gown,
Silk an' satin, gold an' velvet,
Guess her name, three times I've telled it.

Spoiler for Guess

An'(Ann)

[efilwen]

Well actually you specifically asked about the kittens, cats, sacks, wives, so the answer would be 0!

[storm]

first one---1
second one ann

[emeraldcity]

As I was going to Saint Ives,
I crossed the path of seven wives.
Every wife had seven sacks,
Every sack had seven cats,
Every cat had seven kittens,
Kittens, cats, sacks, wives,
How many were going to Saint Ives?

Spoiler for My guess....

One. It was me.

[TOPHAT]

It was most definately one

[Dreamjoy]

Only one person b/c he said he crossed their path but who knows where their path were leading. He was the only that it specifies was going to St. Ives.

[debz]

just 1

[smiffy]

It was 0 as it said

Kittens, cats, sacks, wives,

so it was addressing the Kittens, cats, sacks and wives.

But also there may be others who weren't mentioned. There may be 1000 people going but they weren't mentioned.

But it was 0!

[jadegypsy]

I heard this one from my pops when I was little, he wouldn't tell us the answer and made us figure it out. Must have taken me a couple of years before I got it. We learned it slightly different
As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives.
Each wife had seven sacks, each cat had seven cats.
Each cat had seven kits.
Kits, cats, sacks and wives, how many were going to St. Ives.

the met part was the big clue I kept missing till I was about 6. LOL