Post by Jane on Mar 15, 2010 0:42:33 GMT -5
As I Was Going to St. Ives
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, wives
How many were going to St Ives?
Notes: This riddle is about someone going to the fair. St. Ives is in England. St Ives is twinned with the town of Stadtallendorf in Germany. St Ives has excellent schools and sporting facilities and it is not far from the major cities of Cambridge, Peterborough and Ely. It has convenient road and rail links to the North, South (London), East and West. Stadtallendorf was a secret munitions centre during WWII and The munitions center got through the war without ever being detected by the Allies. Stadtallendorf is near the Rhine river. Coat of arms has 2 lions. P.S. the riddle has never been solved.
The Lion and the Unicorn
The lion and the unicorn
Were fighting for the crown
The lion beat the unicorn
All around the town.
Some gave them white bread,
And some gave them brown;
Some gave them plum cake
and drummed them out of town.
Notes: England’s coat of arms is a lion and a unicorn. This rhyme was played upon by Lewis Carroll, who incorporated them as characters in Through the Looking-Glass.
Little Bo Peep
Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep,
And can't tell where to find them;
Leave them alone, And they'll come home,
Wagging their tails behind them.
Notes: Common variations on second line include "And doesn't know where to find them". The fourth line is frequently give as "And bring their tails behind them". This alternative version is useful in the extended version, usually of four further stanzas. From “through the looking glass”: Upon leaving the Lion and Unicorn to their fight, Alice reaches the seventh rank by crossing another brook into the forested territory of the Red Knight, who is intent on capturing the "white pawn" Alice until the White Knight comes to her rescue. Escorting her through the forest towards the final brook-crossing, the Knight recites a long poem of his own composition, and repeatedly falls off his horse -- his clumsiness is a reference to the "eccentric" L-shaped movements of chess knights, and may also be interpreted as a self-deprecating joke about Lewis Carroll's own physical awkwardness and stammering in real life.
brought to you Nicole and Jane
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, wives
How many were going to St Ives?
Notes: This riddle is about someone going to the fair. St. Ives is in England. St Ives is twinned with the town of Stadtallendorf in Germany. St Ives has excellent schools and sporting facilities and it is not far from the major cities of Cambridge, Peterborough and Ely. It has convenient road and rail links to the North, South (London), East and West. Stadtallendorf was a secret munitions centre during WWII and The munitions center got through the war without ever being detected by the Allies. Stadtallendorf is near the Rhine river. Coat of arms has 2 lions. P.S. the riddle has never been solved.
The Lion and the Unicorn
The lion and the unicorn
Were fighting for the crown
The lion beat the unicorn
All around the town.
Some gave them white bread,
And some gave them brown;
Some gave them plum cake
and drummed them out of town.
Notes: England’s coat of arms is a lion and a unicorn. This rhyme was played upon by Lewis Carroll, who incorporated them as characters in Through the Looking-Glass.
Little Bo Peep
Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep,
And can't tell where to find them;
Leave them alone, And they'll come home,
Wagging their tails behind them.
Notes: Common variations on second line include "And doesn't know where to find them". The fourth line is frequently give as "And bring their tails behind them". This alternative version is useful in the extended version, usually of four further stanzas. From “through the looking glass”: Upon leaving the Lion and Unicorn to their fight, Alice reaches the seventh rank by crossing another brook into the forested territory of the Red Knight, who is intent on capturing the "white pawn" Alice until the White Knight comes to her rescue. Escorting her through the forest towards the final brook-crossing, the Knight recites a long poem of his own composition, and repeatedly falls off his horse -- his clumsiness is a reference to the "eccentric" L-shaped movements of chess knights, and may also be interpreted as a self-deprecating joke about Lewis Carroll's own physical awkwardness and stammering in real life.
brought to you Nicole and Jane