A Collection of Limericks

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18587, 22 December 1934, Page 9

A Collection of Limericks

rg was in December, ISIo, that * Limericks first appeared in Punch, from whose collection ISO specimens wore chosen bv Mr Langford Peed for ‘‘Mr. Punch’s Limerick Book..”

M-r. Reed’s selection is above reproach, though a few are dull. One of the best, remembering that the surname Menzies is pronounced' (by

those afflicted with it) as “Ming-is,” runs:— There was a young lady named Menzies, Who said', ‘‘Do you know what this thonzics?” biaid her aunt, with a gasp, ‘‘Why, my dear, that’s a wasp! “And you’re holding the end where the stenzies!”

There is also—dating from 18fi3 — the voting lady of Bute— And she was so dreadfully cure That she winked at an owl, And remarked to that fowl, “I know whui you’re thinking, vou brute.”

And this—inspired by the craze for suggestion and auto-suggestion— There was a dark lady of Rye, Whose motto was “Never say dye”; But thanks lo the parrots Rhe trained to say “Carrots!” Her tresses turned red in reply.