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Show L H St. Patrick's Shakespeare Day IS S. v used at coming v least up and our A 0 n e thoughts turn to jr YI T i green, the v ft Irish, andf N O perhaps to the ,pi limerick? In the words of Ogden Nash... Jj . The limerick's, -- T lr admitted, a verse yr 1 A terse form, a limerick weekly newspaper. Its popularity was astounding. Money orders accompanied the entry and the postal service saw an increase from 700,000 money orders to 11,400,000 in six months! A couple of the most well known limericks follow: There was a young lady of Niger Who smiled as she rode on a tiger. They returned from the ride With the lady inside And the smile on the face of the tiger. Here is an example of a play on words. The bottle of perfume that Willey sent Was highly displeasing to Millicent. Her thanks were so cold That they quarreled, I'm told, Through that silly scent Willie sent Millicent. The use of places gives a formula to follow in which the first line includes a city or place. There was a young lady of Crete Who was so exceedingly neat, When she got out of bed She stood on her head To make sure of not soiling her feet. Here's a very clever metaphor in limerick form: There once was a maid with such graces That her curves cried aloud for embraces. "You look," said McGee, "Like a million to me Invested in all the right places." Here is a tongue twister approach: A tutor who tooted a flute Tried to teach two young tooters to toot. Said the two to the tutor, "Is it harder to toot, or To tutor two tooters to toot?" If you are a clever soul and have a story to tell, try writing your own limericks. Perhaps you could try using just letters of the alphabet as Neil Smith did: A young lass named B said 2 me, "U RA Q-T, I C." 2 B I said, "G, That's me to a T And URA Q-T, 2, B." There must be many Irish, or Irish admirers who might want to try their luck on a limerick of their own. My daughter Mandy wrote this one for English last year. There once was a boy named Lynn, Who had no clue where he'd been, His brain was scrambled. That always he ambled Wearing a goofy, old grin. Anyone can do it. The Clipper is sponsoring a limerick contest for all those readers who would like to try their hand. There are three categories: Best Story Limerick, Most Clever, and the Best Last Line. The Best Last Line winner will be chosen from those who enter a last line to the following limerick provided by the CI ipper. There once was a paper in town That kept up with folks all around A story to be told About young and old So pick up a pen and start to create to help celebrate, St. Patrick's Day with a bit of the old rhymin to be sure. Use the entry blank below to submit your limericks. yF limerick from Act 2, Scene 3 of "Othello," where Iago says: And let me the canakin clink, clink; And let me the canakin clink. A soldier's a man: O, man's life's but a span, Why then, let a soldier drink. Limericks have evolved to contain a story line, puns, abbreviations, tricky spellings and surprise endings. Most in vogue in 1907-1908, the limerick soared to popularity because of a contest in a London ; curse form, I a hearse form; As pale and as frail As the shell of a snail. It's a whale of a tale in a perverse form. Technically speaking, a limerick is a five line anapestic humorous poem rhyming aabha. No one really knows who invented it. And it certainly didn't happen in Limerick, Ireland, they claim. The person who is attributed to its fame is Edward Lear, a would-be naturalist and painter, whose fame is associated with his Book of Nonsense, published in 1846. Lear claims that bb nm Km bm eeeqi ksi nm kksi m nm wbsbm bi nm esi - - i J I Glippsr Limerick Contest Entry g I Name Age: ( Address I Phone II I Our Limerick: Your Limerick: Pl I There once was a paper in town U That kept up with folks all around . I A story to be told II ' About young and old " rizes will be provided by area merchants j I |
