Download or read book Limericks History Humor and How To written by Kevin B DiBacco and published by eBooks2go. This book was released on 2024-11-06 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kevin DiBacco's "Limericks: History, Humor, and How-To" presents a thorough examination of the limerick as both an art form and practical tool. The book traces the evolution of these five-line verses from their medieval monastic roots through Irish pub culture, Victorian refinement under Edward Lear, and into the digital age. The guide is structured to serve multiple audiences, from educators to professional writers to casual enthusiasts. It begins with fundamental instruction in limerick construction, including rhythm, rhyme schemes, and structural requirements, before expanding into specialized applications. The book showcases how limericks can enhance learning across disciplines, from mathematics and science to language and history. Particularly notable is the book's exploration of modern applications, including professional settings, social media, and digital platforms. It features extensive examples across various themes, from seasonal and holiday verses to occupation-specific limericks for different professions. Regional variations and cultural adaptations demonstrate the firm’s global reach and versatility. The work concludes with a forward-looking perspective on how limericks might evolve with new technologies while maintaining their essential characteristics of wit, brevity, and memorable rhythm.
Download or read book There Once Was a Serpent written by Richard Kieckhefer and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gives a concise history of Christian theology based on a mysteriously discovered set of seventy-four limericks. Readers who already know the history of theology will read about it from an unfamiliar perspective ? and beginners will learn the basics in an accessible form. The limericks range from Gnostic theology through to the Reformation, and on to Karl Barth and Paul Tillich. If all of this seems unfamiliar, the accompanying text should help sort it all out.
Download or read book A Book of Nonsense written by Edward Lear and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of over 100 limericks with the author's original illustrations.
Download or read book The Limerick 1700 examples with notes variants and index written by Gershon Legman and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Lure of the Limerick written by William S. Baring-Gould and published by Crown Pub. This book was released on 1979-12-01 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five hundred American and British limericks are interspersed with anecdotes and historical comment
Download or read book Limerick Explosion written by Michelle Monet and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-08-18 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second poetry book from author Michelle Monet is a lighthearted lyrical lively labyrinth of limerical lunacy-- from levity to lament! Her unique view on life is brought to life through this eclectic multi-faceted collection. Chapters include: Creative Expression, Random Observances ( Politics, Pills to Personalities ), True Life Stories from her life as a musician/artist and impersonator of Streisand to her Inspirational Cats and Diary Musings. She even includes an unexpected Bonus Chapter. Fun and diverse!
Download or read book Limerick Comics written by Robert Hoyman and published by . This book was released on 2019-03-02 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Limerick Comics offers lighthearted original limericks on a wide range of history and science topics, each with an informational panel of surprising facts, all presented in entertaining comics.
Download or read book A Book of Limericks written by Edward Lear and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book A Little Book of Limericks written by Hugh Morrison and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-03-30 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Something Sure Smells Around Here written by Brian P. Cleary and published by Millbrook Press ™. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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!
Download or read book Asimov Laughs Again written by Isaac Asimov and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here are more than 700 of Isaac Asimov's favorite jokes, cleverest limericks and funniest stories.
Download or read book Looney Limericks written by Frank Jacobs and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2011-11-17 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 60 zany limericks by such masters of the form as Gelett Burgess, Oliver Herford, Edward Lear, and others. Fun to read, easy to memorize and great to share with friends and family. Illustrations.
Download or read book Our Bodies Our Shelves written by Roz Warren and published by Humoroutcasts Press. This book was released on 2015-04-01 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are eight million stories at your local public library -- and not all of them are in the books! Join humorist Roz Warren ("the world's funniest librarian") for a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at library life. What really goes on behind the circulation desk? And in the stacks? Roz, who writes for everyone from the New York Times to the Funny Times, tells all! What's the single most stolen item in any public library? What's the strangest bookmark ever left in a library book? What's the lamest excuse ever given for not returning a DVD on time? And what does your favorite librarian REALLY think of you? In twenty entertaining essays, you'll meet librarians fighting crime, partying with porn stars, coping with impossible patrons, locating hard-to-find books and saving the world. The most closely guarded library secrets will be revealed. You'll never look at your local public library the same way again! "Hilarious!" Gina Barreca, author of They Used To Call Me Snow White, But I Drifted.
Download or read book The Mammoth Book of Filthy Limericks written by Glyn Rees and published by Robinson Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Lots of Limericks written by Myra Cohn Livingston and published by Margaret K. McElderry Books. This book was released on 1991 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of limericks on such topics as accidents and incidents, peculiar people, strange shapes, and holidays.
Download or read book The Recess Queen written by Alexis O'Neill and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2016-06-28 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An irrepressible new girl dethrones the reigning recess bully by becoming her friend in this infectious playground romp. Mean Jean was Recess Queen and nobody said any different.Nobody swung until Mean Jean swung.Nobody kicked until Mean Jean kicked.Nobody bounced until Mean Jean bounced.If kids ever crossed her, she'd push 'em and smoosh 'emlollapaloosh 'em, hammer 'em, slammer 'emkitz and kajammer 'em.Until a new kid came to school!Parents and teachers will appreciate the story's deft handling of conflict resolution (which happens without adult intervention)."A lively story about the power of kindness and friendship" -- Publishers Weekly"A lighthearted look at a serious topic in schools and on playgrounds everywhere..." -- School Library Journal"Great for reading aloud and joining in." -- Booklist
Download or read book There Once Was a Limerick Anthology written by Michael Croland and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2022-08-17 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humor buffs and poetry lovers will laugh out loud with this captivating collection of more than 350 limericks featuring limerick legends plus renowned political figures, poets, and writers.
