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 going to St Ives?
you + a man + 7 wives = 9pipo. so 9 were going.
nb. sacks , cats and kits were not going to ST Ives as they were carried,
coz a sack can't walk by itself.
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 going to St Ives?