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The Only one assumption can
be made in the Nursery Rhyme
"As I was going to St. Ives"
and that is that one person
was definitely going there -
or was it? It, of course,
would depend on the
direction of the people that
were encountered on the way!
This type of conundrum is
now referred to as a logic
problem in lateral thinking
designed to improve the
logic and deductive skills
of children, and indeed,
adults! (As I was going to
St. Ives refers to the name
of a quaint old village in
Cornwall, England) Earliest
traceable publication date
is 1730.
The Answer to the Riddle -
Only one man was going to
St.Ives!
He met the following who
were
going the other way:
A man (1) with 7 wives
7 x 7 (49) sacks
7x7x7 (343) cats
7x7x7x7 (2,401) kits
A Total of 2,801 wives,
sacks cats and kits! |
