Going to St. Ives

by
Erik Oosterwal

Here's an old nursury rhyme which is also a puzzle:

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 are going to St. Ives?

I give up, show me the Answer

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