I hope you find it entertaining and a bit of a strain on your brain. But no nasty letters please if you have any difficulty working everything out. The rebus is a kind of visual pun where words or phrases are represented by pictures of letters. Now, try your hand at the following, covering the answers first. A. Scrambled eggs.
Most people only get three.
The answer is one. Only the speaker was going to St. Ives. The man, wives, sacks, cats, etc., were going from St. Ives. Here are some proverbs that have been garbled up a bit with pompous words. Translate them into the more familiar form.