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Ken Nordine
Lear, il nonsense fatto re

“The Limerick is Furtive and Mean…”

Posted by Marco on August 26th, 2002

“The Limerick is Furtive and Mean…”
From the Maigue poets to Ogden Nash, witty wordsmiths have delighted in composing the oft-risqu� five-line verses.
[Nice article, though it repeats the myth of the Irish origin of the limerick and does not mention Lear's direct antecedents. Thanks to Arthur Deex for sending me the link: ah, don't forget to download the full text of the article in pdf format.]



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