Posted on May 12, 2019

Limericks Live!

SGT John " Mac " McConnell

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Happy Mothers day ! Maybe I can find a limerick deserving to all the Mothers whom brought us into this world .

NATIONAL LIMERICK DAY

Observed annually on May 12, National Limerick Day celebrates the birthday of English artist, illustrator, author and poet Edward Lear (May 12, 1812 – Jan. 29, 1888). Lear is known mostly for his literary nonsense in poetry, prose and limericks.
National Limerick Day also celebrates the limerick poem. Limerick poems were popularized by Edward Lear’s book “Book of Nonsense” in 1846.

A limerick is a very short, humorous, nonsense poem. Within a limerick, there are five lines. The first two lines rhyme with the fifth line and the third and fourth line rhyme together.
The Limerick also has a particular rhythm which is officially described as anapestic trimeter.

THERE WAS A YOUNG LADY

By Edward Lear

There was a Young Lady whose chin
Resembled the point of a pin;
So she had it made sharp, and purchased a harp,
And played several tunes with her chin.

HOW TO OBSERVE

Sit down and write a few limericks of your own. Use #NationalLimerickDay to post on social media.

HISTORY

Within our research, we were unable to find the creator of National Limerick Day.

Probably because he or she didn't want a limerick dedicated to them !

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National Limerick Day

3 Stooges Birthday Song

Good afternoon my friend SGT John " Mac " McConnell and thank you for posting yet another made-up holiday ostensibly to honor the ribald practice of developing and performing the Limerick[s].
Rest in peace Edward Lear.

It is noteworthy to me at least that the limerick you posted from Edward Lear is 4 lines and not the requisite 5 :-) I looked up other poems by Lear and noticed the Limericks were all four lines - they rhymed but are not actually limericks.

Here is a family friendly limerick from familyfriendpoems.com/poem/when-i-m-old
When I'm Old by © Michael Holding - Published: July 2015
"When I'm old and mankey,
I'll never use a hanky.
I'll wee on plants
and soil my pants
and sometimes get quite cranky."

"A limerick is a form of verse, usually humorous and frequently rude, in five-line, predominantly anapestic meter with a strict rhyme scheme of AABBA, in which the first, second and fifth line rhyme, while the third and fourth lines are shorter and share a different rhyme"

National Limerick Day
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