Author: Gershon LegmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 517
Book Description
The Limerick. 1700 examples, with notes, variants and index
Author: Gershon LegmanThe Mammoth Book of Limericks
Author: Glyn ReesPublisher: Running Press
ISBN: 9780762433957
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This is the best-ever collection of those catchy Irish rhymes – from squeaky-clean to the moderately filthy. With over 2,000 silly, political, modern, classic, and more to choose from, there is bound to be a limerick to get you giggling. This giant collection includes Irish classics called out in corner pubs for decades as well as many new verses specifically created to be read here. Creators include Spike Milligan, Mark Twain, Michael Palin, Lewis Carroll, Isaac Asimov, Robert Louis Stevenson, Rudyard Kipling, W.H. Auden, and many, many more.
A Book of Limericks
Author: Edward LearPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
A Book of Limericks by Edward Lear, first published in 1888, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.
The Lure of the Limerick
Author: William S. Baring-GouldPublisher: Crown Pub
ISBN: 9780517538562
Category : Limericks.
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Five hundred American and British limericks are interspersed with anecdotes and historical comment
The Mammoth Book of Filthy Limericks
Author: Glyn ReesPublisher: Robinson Publishing
ISBN: 9781845296827
Category : Bawdy poetry, English
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
The ultimate collection of X-rated and decidedly politically incorrect limericks! This bumper new volume contains over 2,000 dirty verses, from the moderately blue to the absolutely filthy - all illustrated throughout by Gray Jolliffe, creator of the bestselling Wicked Willie cartoon character. Here are verses so rude that even a blonde would blush, on subjects ranging from the bedroom to the bathroom and beyond. You'll find plenty of up-to-date limericks relevant to contemporary life as well as lewd old favourites on every imaginable topic, all of them guaranteed to make you laugh. Includes many newly devised limericks. On the breast of a barmaid named Gail Was written the price of the ale And on her behind, For the sake of the blind Was the same information in Braille.
Something Sure Smells Around Here
Author: Brian P. ClearyPublisher: Millbrook Press ™
ISBN: 1467777722
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
What do you get when you combine a poem and a joke? A limerick! These five-line rhyming poems are funny, silly, and sly. Award-winning author Brian P. Cleary explains how limericks work—and shows how these little poems can trigger big laughs. Something Sure Smells Around Here is packed with hilarious poems to make you chuckle and chortle. And when you've finished reading, you can try your hand at writing your own limericks!
A Little Book of Limericks
Author: Hugh MorrisonPublisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781511524124
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
There was a young lady named Perkins, Who had a great fondness for gherkins; At afternoon tea She ate twenty-three Which pickled her internal workins! This book contains over 200 funny, non-rude limerick poems old and new, suitable for children as well as adults. Laugh at the antics of the woman from Chippenham, Wilts, who walked up to Scotland on stilts, the old lady of Rye, who was baked by mistake in a pie, the young man called McLeod, who played the trombone far too loud - and many many more.
Limericks
Author: Yvonne PearsonPublisher: Poetry Party
ISBN: 9781631436963
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Presents an overview of limericks, including the form's history, elements, and traits and how poets use limericks to express ideas."--Publisher's website.
The New Limerick
Author: Gershon LegmanPublisher: Random House Value Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 784
Book Description
Big Little Book of Playboy Limericks
Author: Publisher: Sterling/Main Street
ISBN: 9781402730139
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description