What is a limerick

What is a Limerick?

etimology

Historians agree that the word "limerick" it is a reference to the Irish city and county of Limerick.

HOW A LIMERICK IS MADE?

Employ a sencond rhyme on the third and fourth lines

Consist of exactly five lines

Employ one rhyme on the first, second and fifth lines.

Consist of a single stranza

examples of limericks

There once was a fly on the wall

There once was a fly in the wall I wonder why didn't it fall Because its feet stuck Or was it just luck Or does gravity miss things so small?

I need a front door for my hall

I need a front door for my hall The replacement I bought was too tall. So I hacked it and chopped it, And carefully lopped it, And now the dumb thing is too small.

I know an old owl named Boo

I know an old owl named Boo Every night he yelled Hoo, Once a kid walked by, And started to cry, And yelled I don't have a clue!