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There once was a man from Nantucket. " There once was a man from Nantucket " is the opening line for many limericks, in which the name of the island of Nantucket creates often ribald rhymes and puns. The protagonist in the obscene versions is typically portrayed as well-endowed and hypersexualized. The opening line is so well known that it has ...
Lecherous Limericks. First edition. (publ. Walker and Company) Lecherous Limericks[1][2] is the first of several compilations of dirty limericks by celebrated author Isaac Asimov (1920–1992). The book contains 100 limericks. The first limerick in the collection is: There was a sweet girl of Decatur. Who went to sea on a freighter.
Irish you a pot of gold and all the laughs with these St. Patrick's Day jokes. The post 50 St. Patrick’s Day Jokes That Will Have You Dublin Over With Laughter appeared first on Reader's Digest.
Limerick (poetry) A limerick (/ ˈlɪmərɪk / LIM-ər-ik) [1] is a form of verse that appeared in England in the early years of the 18th century. [2] In combination with a refrain, it forms a limerick song, a traditional humorous drinking song often with obscene verses. It is written in five-line, predominantly anapestic and amphibrach [3 ...
An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman. " An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman " is the opening line of a category of joke cycle popular in Ireland and the United Kingdom. The nationalities involved may vary, though they are usually restricted to those within Ireland and the UK, and the number of people involved is usually three or ...
Entertain friends and family on March 17 with these St. Patrick's Day jokes, funny one-liners, knock-knocks and corny puns. Find jokes on leprechauns and more.
Opio, Bar-sur-Loup, Alpes-Maritimes, France. Pen name. Roger-Maxe de la Glannège. Occupation. Writer, folklorist. Gershon Legman (November 2, 1917 – February 23, 1999) was an American cultural critic, folklorist, and author of The Rationale of the Dirty Joke (1968) and The Horn Book: Studies in Erotic Folklore and Bibliography (1964).
The Limerick Song has been commercially recorded many times. The earliest version of limericks being sung is 1905 under the title Fol-The-Rol-Lol as sung by Edward M. Favor on Edison records. The earliest date for limericks being sung to the "Gay Caballero" tune is May 11, 1931 on the recording titled Rhymes sung by Jack Hylton which was issued ...