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?
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In Spring I look gay, Decked in comely array, In Summer more clothing I wear; When colder it grows, I fling off my clothes, And in Winter quite naked appear.
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Elizabeth, Elspeth, Betsy, and Bess, They all went together to seek a bird's nest; They found a bird's nest with five eggs in, They all took one, and left four in.
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See, see! What shall I see? A horse's head where his tail should be.
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Read my riddle, I pray. What God never sees, What the king seldom sees, What we see every day.
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Lives in winter, Dies in summer, And grows with its roots upward!
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As I went through the garden gap, Who should I meet but Dick Red-cap! A stick in his hand, a stone in his throat,-- If you'll tell me this riddle, I'll give you a groat.
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Black within and red without; Four corners round about.
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Daffy-down-dilly has come to town In a yellow petticoat and a green gown.
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If all the world were apple pie, And all the sea were ink, And all the trees were bread and cheese, What should we have for drink?
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Old Mother Twitchett had but one eye, And a long tail which she let fly; And every time she went through a gap, A bit of her tail she left in a trap.
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Twelve pairs hanging high, Twelve knights riding by, Each knight took a pear, And yet left a dozen there.
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Flour of England, fruit of Spain, Met together in a shower of rain; Put in a bag tied round with a string; If you'll tell me this riddle, I'll give you a ring.
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Over the water, And under the water, And always with its head down.
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A riddle, a riddle, as I suppose, A hundred eyes and never a nose!
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Thirty white horses upon a red hill, Now they tramp, now they champ, now they stand still.
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I went to the wood and got it; I sat me down to look for it And brought it home because I couldn't find it.
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Long legs, crooked thighs, Little head, and no eyes.
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As soft as silk, as white as milk, As bitter as gall, a strong wall, And a green coat covers me all.
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As round as an apple, as deep as a cup, And all the king's horses can't fill it up.
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Little Nanny Etticoat In a white petticoat, And a red nose. The longer she stands The shorter she grows.
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Mrs. Twitchett with one eye, A wondrous length of train lets fly ; And as she glides through every gap, She leaves a bit of her tail in the trap.
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I had a little sister, they call'd her peep, peep, She waded the waters deep, deep, deep, She climbed up the mountains high, high, high, Poor little creature she wanted an eye.
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Twelve pears hanging high, Twelve knights riding by ; Each knight took a pear, And yet left eleven there!
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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.
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Make three fourths of a cross, And a circle complete; And let two semicircles On a perpendicular meet; Next add a triangle That stands on two feet; Next two semicircles, And a circle complete.
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Formed long ago, yet made to-day, Employed while others sleep; What few would like to give away, Nor any wish to keep.
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Two legs sat upon three legs, With one leg in his lap; In comes four legs And runs away with one leg; Up jumps two legs, Catches up three legs, Throws it after four legs, And makes him drop one leg.
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