One limerick enthusiast's use of this classic verse form to celebrate friends and occasions. This collection offers a good explanation of the finer points of limerick style, while giving well-chosen examples of the "current event", "ribald", and "place name" limericks from the archives of the Dublin Limerick Society.
There is good background information on the Dublin Limerick Society and its mission to preserve limerick history. Most readers will be pleased to learn about the Society's customer service, but original limerick writers will be especially interested in its Original Rhyme Competition.
Both sides of the "lazy" limerick controversy are dealt with at length.
ÒThis work certainly takes the limerick off the dusty and shameful shelves of history and back into the sunlight of playful daily usage.Ó
Reginald T. O'Leary, Curator
Dublin Limerick Society