Limerick Day

There Was a Little Girl, – Who Had a Little Curl – English Children’s Songs – England – Mama Lisa’s World: Children’s Songs and Rhymes from Around the Worldhttp://www.mamalisa.com/?t=hes&p=1365

An easy limerick to practice sentence stress with

There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe – English Children’s Songs – England – Mama Lisa’s World: Children’s Songs and Rhymes from Around the Worldhttp://www.mamalisa.com/?t=hes&p=1531&l=T

Another famous limerick.

Limerick Day , May 12 at Holiday Insightshttp://www.holidayinsights.com/stpat/limerickday.htm

Limerick Day celebrates the birthday of Writer Edward Lear (1812-1888). It also, of course, celebrates Limerick poems. Limericks were popularized by Lear in 1846 in his Book of Nonsense”.

Kidzone Poetry Activity Worksheetshttp://www.kidzone.ws/poetry/limerick1.htm

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How to Write a Limerick with Kidshttps://tinybeans.com/how-to-write-a-limerick-with-kids/slide/3Celebrate the Irish roots of this form of poetry that is super easy for kids to create. All you need is some paper, a pen and our easy tutorial.

Edward Lear, A Book of Nonsensehttp://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/BoN/index.html

Read some original limericks by Edward Lear: There was an Old Derry down Derry, who loved to see little folks merry; So he made them a book, and with laughter they shook at the fun of that Derry down Derry.

75 Funny Limericks – Limerick Examples You’ll Lovehttps://parade.com/1249429/marynliles/limericks/Limericks are a fun and timeless way to tell short, silly stories. They can be about anything, as long as they follow their single stanza structure that dates back to the early 14th century. More Limericks

Make your own Limerick : Poetry through the Ageshttp://www.webexhibits.org/poetry/explore_famous_limerick_make.html

Limericks are fun to create. They are humorous, often bawdy, full of folk wisdom, and delightfully entertaining.