The Book Of Limericks: A collection of over 400 poems

There was a young lady called Grace Who had eyes in a very odd place. She could sit on the hole Of a mouse or a mole And stare the beast square in the face. We were painting the church steeple grey When the wind blew our brushes away. We said to the pastor, “Oh what a disaster!” He calmly replied, “Let us spray.” There was a young schoolboy of Rye Who was baked by mistake in a pie. To his mother’s disgust, He emerged through the crust, And exclaimed, with a yawn, “Where am I?” There was an old man who said, “Do Explain how to add two and two. I think more and more That it makes about four… But I fear that is rather too few.” There was a small poodle called Dwight Who played at the organ all night; And in this shrewd way He kept burglars at bay, For his Bach was much worse than his bite. A couple who liked a good joke Called their baby boy Juniper Oak. When the child grew up, He was heard to say, “Yup, My parents are very strange folk.” A tutor who tooted the 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?” That deep-thinking chap, Isaac Newton, Had views he was quite resolute on. His gravity law Says your head will be sore If you sit under trees with ripe fruit on. This book contains a collection of over 400 limericks. The book begins with an informative Introduction that discusses the structure of the limerick form of poetry and outlines the historical origins of limericks. The collection is then presented in chapters with the following themes: animals, the church, education, food and drink, mathematics, money, music and the arts, names, phonetic fun, places, poetry, science, and miscellaneous topics. The limericks are suitable for people of all ages.