There was a young man from Peru
Who found a large fly in his stew
Said the waiter 'Don't shout
and wave it about
Or the rest will be wanting one too.'
There was a young man from Kent
with a leg exceedingly Bent
To save himself trouble
He walked with it double
So instead of coming he went.
There was a young lady from Spain
who was dreadfully sick on a train
not once but again,
and again and again
and again and again and again.
There was a young man from Japan
who's limericks never would scan
when they told him it was so
he said 'yes I know
but I always try and get as many words in that last line as I ever possibly can.
A limerick has 5 lines. Lines 1,2 and 5 rhyme. Lines 3 and 4 rhyme. YOU COULD SAY It has 7 sylobols in the first line, 7 in the next, then 5,5,7.
There was a old man with a beard,who said it's just as I fearedtwo owls and a hen,four larks and a wren,have all built their nests in my beard!There once was an elephant that fell off the roof.
The sound he made when he fell was poof.
He was sad, sad and hurt.
Not only that but he fell in dirt.
And once again he is back on the roof.
or...
There once was a man named Tim,
His mom never taught him to swim.
He slipped off the dock,
And sunk like a rock,
And that was the end of him.
cheese and crackers for dinner tonight
c'mon just have one bite
you will get a disease
that will cover your knees
but eat this for dinner please
There once was a fellow named tim
whose dad never taught him how to swim
He fell off a dock
And sunk like a rock
And that was the end of himThere was a young lady of station
"I love man" was her sole exclamation
But when men cried, "You flatter"
She replied, "Oh! no matter
Isle of Man is the true explanation"
by Lewis Carroll
There was an Old Man with a beard,
Who said, 'It is just as I feared!
Two Owls and a Hen,
Four Larks and a Wren,
Have all built their nests in my beard!'
by Edward Lear
There was a small boy of Quebec
Who was buried in snow to his neck
When they said, "Are you friz?"
He replied, " Yes, I is -
But we don't call this cold in Quebec"
by Rudyard Kipling
these are old limricks i couldn't find any current ones, sorry
there once was boy named bob
he was known as a big fat slobhe spells Mississippi just like a hippiewhich led to him losing his jobthe most wonderful time of year
involves lots of holiday cheer
so get your snow shoes
we have no time to lose
cause soon snow will be here
There once was a man from Peru,
Who dreamt he was eating his shoe.
He awoke with a fright,
In the middle of the night,
To find that his dream had come true.
there once was a girl named clair
she never was that fair
she went in the woods to eat
she saw her friend named pete
then she was attacked by a bear
There once was a guy named Bob
and he loved to eat corn on the cob
but he ate it so loud
it attracted a crowd
and everyone called him a slob
The city of Limerick is the county town for the the county of Limerick.
The address of the Limerick Public Library is: 55 Washington Street, Limerick, 04048 3500
The county of Limerick's main town is the city of Limerick.
The town of Limerick is located in Ireland.
The address of the Limerick Historical Society is: Po Box 83, Limerick, ME 04048-0083
Ireland does not have postcodes, so after the name of the particular town or place in Limerick just put: Limerick Ireland If it is in county Limerick, but not in the city, you could put County Limerick, instead of Limerick, but it doesn't matter. Your letter will get there.
Yes, a limerick has syllables.
Alison Limerick's birth name is Alison T. Limerick.
The Limerick Post cannot be redeemed. The Limerick Post is a newspaper. This newspaper can be found at 97 Henry Street in Limerick, Ireland. The contact phone number for the Limerick Post is 061413322.
The cast of Limerick - 2010 includes: Antonio Zhiurinskas as Limerick
5 lines in a limerick (type of poem...)
Limerick is in the Irish province of Munster.