In the Riddle of St. Ives, only one person was going to St. Ives, the person asking the riddle.
All the rest were going the other way.
- 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, wives
- How many were going to St Ives?