On my way to St Hives I met a man with seven Hives...

[Bold or Stupid]

What's a Cornish travel riddle? Is it like the one about Nantucket?

On my way to St Ives
I met a man with seven wives
Each of those wives had seven sacks
And in each sack seven cats
How many people did I met on the road to St Ives?

St Ives is in Cornwell

 

[Thornir Alekeg]

For a second there I was thinking you were going to say that Galeros is the Hive and the Hive is Bold and Stupid.

That would be the next next part of the theorum, but I wasn't going to reveal it until after I applied for a follow-on grant. Now I've been scooped.

 

[Tonguez]

Actually the riddle is

As I was going to St Ives
I met a man with seven wives
Each of those wives had seven sacks
And in each sack seven cats
Man, Wives, Sacks, Cats
How many were going to St Ives?

Thats a riddle, the other way is just maths

 

[Mathew_Freeman]

Actually the riddle is

As I was going to St Ives
I met a man with seven wives
Each of those wives had seven sacks
And in each sack seven cats
Man, Wives, Sacks, Cats
How many were going to St Ives?

Thats a riddle, the other way is just maths

And for those fighting with their calculators... the answer is 1.

Read it again and you'll get it.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

But seven wives with seven sacks...that's a defensive core good enough to be the backbone of almost any NFL team!!

 

[CleverNickName]

*brings fresh donuts to everyone in the Hive*

 

[Bold or Stupid]

Hey It's been a while since I read that riddle...

Oh and I'll have an apple fritter please.

 

[Relique du Madde]

But seven wives with seven sacks...that's a defensive core good enough to be the backbone of almost any NFL team!!

Yeah... but you forgot in each sack is a dead cat that they beat you with.

 

[Thornir Alekeg]

Yeah... but you forgot in each sack is a dead cat that they beat you with.

Does a dead cat in a sack still bounce?

 

[Mathew_Freeman]

Does a dead cat in a sack still bounce?

More importantly, can it be used for a D&D3e Great Cleave?