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[1] [6] If everyone mentioned in the riddle were bound for St Ives, then the number would be 2,802: the narrator, the man and his seven wives, 49 sacks, 343 cats, and 2,401 kits. This interpretation provided the basis for a verse reply from "Philo-Rhithmus" of Edinburgh , in the September 8, 1779, issue of the Weekly Magazine : [ 7 ]
The rhyme itself doesn't specify whether the entourage is going to or from St Ives, so the description of how many cats, wives, et al are going from St Ives is faulty. sheridan 14:44, September 10, 2005 (UTC) Besides, polygamy is not recognised in the United Kingdom, therefore six of the so-called "wives" can't really be considered wives at all.
[14] [15] These rhymes seem to have come from a variety of sources, including traditional riddles, proverbs, ballads, lines of Mummers' plays, drinking songs, historical events, and, it has been suggested, ancient pagan rituals. [3] One example of a nursery rhyme in the form of a riddle is "As I was going to St Ives", which dates to 1730. [16]
As German villain Simon Gruber his recital of the English riddle "As I was going to St Ives" (from Die Hard with a Vengeance) appears in the 2014 book The Art of Communicating Eloquently. [36] In 2017, he recited the spoken sections, most notably "Late Lament", for The Moody Blues ' 50th Anniversary Tour of "Days Of Future Passed", and also ...
Sister Wives star Janelle Brown doesn’t count her brief marriage to Meri Brown’s brother, Adam Barber, as the real deal. “It was very, very short lived,” Janelle, 55, said of her first ...
In the final episode of the Sister Wives: One-on-One special, viewers were introduced to Christine's new husband, David Woolley. And rather than speaking negatively about his ex's new man, Kody ...
John Knill (1 January 1733 – 29 March 1811) was an English attorney who served as the Collector of Customs at St Ives, Cornwall, from 1762 to 1782.. Knill is primarily remembered for having his own memorial constructed, a 50-foot-high (15 m) three-sided granite obelisk [a] known as Knill's Steeple (also known as Knill's Monument or "The Steeple"), which still stands. [1]
Throughout Season 18 of "Sister Wives," Meri and Kody's fractured relationship was on full display. In the season finale, the former couple made their breakup official. They also shared the news ...