Question

As i was going to st. ives, i met a man with seven wives; seven wives with seven sacks; seven sacks with seven cats; seven cats with seven kittens; kittens, cats, sacks and wives, how many were going to st ives?

Answer 1

Only one person was going to St. Ives.
If he crossed the path of the seven wives, then the kittens, cats, sacks, and wives were all going in a different direction.
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