Answer to the A man with 7 wives Riddle

Answer to the Puzzle of the Day 2246 : A man with 7 wives Riddle

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Riddle :

On my way to St. Ives,
I met a man with 7 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?

Now the Answer :
Answer to the Puzzle 2246 thinkwitty.com - A Man with 7 wives Riddle - Presence of mind

Answer : Just One. He met one men not the wives & cats & sacks who is going to St. Ives. He was talking about them doesnt actually mean that they were travelling.

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1 Response

  1. Anonymous says:

    Surely he might have been travelling there too, so I and he could make 2 people? ‘I met’ doesn’t give clear enough explanation, I’ve always thought the riddle was meant to stay a riddle. How long is a piece of string, and all that.

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