A limerick is a form of poetry, especially one in five-line, predominantly anapesticmeter with a strict rhyme scheme (AABBA), which is sometimes obscene with humorous intent. The third and fourth lines are usually shorter than the other three.
The form appeared in England in the early years of the 18th century. It was popularized by Edward Lear in the 19th century, although he did not use the term.
The following limerick is of unknown origin:
The limerick packs laughs anatomical
Into space that is quite economical. But the good ones I've seen So seldom are clean
And the clean ones so seldom are comical.
^Feinberg, Leonard. The Secret of Humor. Rodopi, 1978. ISBN 9789062033706. p102
Gershon Legman, who compiled the largest and most scholarly anthology, held that the true limerick as a folk form is always obscene, and cites similar opinions by Arnold Bennett and George Bernard Shaw, describing the clean limerick as a "periodic fad and object of magazine contests, rarely rising above mediocrity". From a folkloric point of view, the form is essentially transgressive; violation of taboo is part of its function.
There are 102,161 people living in the Limerick City Metropolitan District. On 1 June 2014 following the merger of Limerick City and County Council a new Metropolitan District of Limerick was formed within the united council which extended the city area. The Metropolitan District includes the city urban area and extends outwards towards Patrickswell in the west and Castleconnell in the east. The City Metropolitan Area however excludes city suburbs located within County Clare. When included this increases the overall city and metropolitan area by a further 5,000 with a combined total population of 107,161.
Limerick is one of the constituent cities of the Cork–Limerick–Galway corridor which has a population of 1 million people. It is located at a strategic position on the River Shannon with four main crossing points near the city centre. To the south of the city is the Golden Vale, an area of rich pastureland. Historically, much of the city's industry was based on this rich agricultural hinterland and it is particularly noted for Limerick Ham.
The "Limerick" is a traditional humorous drinking song with many obscene verses. The tune usually used for sung limericks is traditionally "Cielito Lindo," with the words arranged in the form of a limerick.
Recorded versions
The Limerick Song has been commercially recorded many times. The earliest version of limericks being sung is 1905 under the title Fol-The-Rol-Lol as sung by Edward M. Favor on Edison records. The earliest date for limericks being sung to the "Gay Caballero" tune is May 11, 1931 on the recording titled Rhymes sung by Jack Hylton which was issued on Decca records.
Printed versions
The earliest printed date for limericks being sung is 1928 in the book A Collection of Sea Songs and Ditties from the Stores of Tom E. Jones. Since many of the verses used for this song are bawdy the song tended to get issued in rare, underground mimeographed songbooks. Some of these are (in chronological order):
1934. Leech.
Variant choruses
There are several different choruses for this song. One of the most popular in the USA is sung to the tune of "Cielito Lindo" and usually goes like this:
The Constituency Commission proposed in 2007 that at the next general election a new constituency called Limerick be created.
It was established by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009 when it partially replaced the former constituencies of Limerick East and Limerick West. Most of the rural parts of the Limerick East constituency were transferred to the Limerick constituency and the western parts of the Limerick West constituency were transferred to the Kerry North–West Limerick constituency. It was first only at the 2011 general election, electing 3 TDs.
My guest this week on Poetry from DailyLife is Greg Pincus, who lives in Los Angeles, California...Patterns and poetry ... When I first discovered poetry, I noticed patterns there, too, particularly in all the different poetic forms.
The funeral mass of actor, comedian, musician and writer Jon Kenny is taking place in Co Limerick... His neighbours from the village of Holycross where Jon lived in rural east Limerick are also at the funeral.
Flam has pursued hobbies including tennis, skiing, singing on stage, and writing poetry ... Flam has recently published a book of limericks, "Wordle Limericks." ... My limericks won't make you cry, so go ahead and give them a try.
Almost 50 events are taking place during CultureNight in Co Clare, displaying the wide variety of music, poetry, dance and storytelling traditions that are at the heart of the county's artistic and cultural mix ... Culture Night in Limerick.
She was 92 ...Elaine Davia, director of the U.S ... “She would always say to me, ‘I’m praying for you, Sister ... “She was a fun person, and she loved Irish poetry.”. Sister Kathleen was born in Limerick, Ireland, the second of four children ... Francis ... and Ireland.
Since limericks were the only poetry we cared about at that age, hanging the name Ogden on him in tribute to the greatest limerick writer made sense. This is the first time I’ve seen Ogden since high school ... I’m struggling to remember his real name.
With a great deal of creative flair, the competition entrants, including some of Professor Higgs’s colleagues, turned to analogy, poetry, rhyming verse and limericks, though laymen were left none the wiser ... .
Epically awful verses sought for WT’s annual Bad Poetry Contest. CANYON — Shocking sonnets, lame limericks and odious odes all are welcome at the 2024 West Texas A&M University Bad Poetry Contest, presented by Brick & Elm magazine.
“First of all, I don’t think anything that I do is poetry,” he said ... “‘If somebody did kill you because of one of those poems,’ he said, ‘it would be justifiable homicide!’ So, I always feel as if it’s dangerous to do poetry.”.
Spoilers ahead! We've warned you. We mean it. Read no further until you really want some clues or you've completely given up and want the answers ASAP...The New York Times ...Related ... 1. Types of the same food. 2 ... 3 ... LAGOS, LIMERICK, LINCOLN, LUXOR ... POETRY TERMS.
It’s an occasion that moves us to poetry each year (our limerick is below) ... More than 150 people were in line long before the doors opened at 11 a.m ... Each year the first-pour party moves us to poetry.. We jaunt each year to OhioCity ... ∙ ∙ ∙ ... ∙ ∙ ∙ ... ∙ ∙ ∙.
In addition, RTÉ is supporting a host of fantastic events spanning theatre, history, poetry, art, music, film and more ... LIMERICK 40th EVAInternational · ... DUBLIN, LIMERICK, CORK, GALWAY & LONGFORD PoetryIreland.
'
weather_info += '
Baltimore Sun
15 Jul 2024
Baltimore Sun
15 Jul 2024