Everyone laughs at limericks. They are an unusual form of Poetry or poetry consisting of 5 rhyming lines. The term for this type of Poetry or rhyme originates in Ireland and its name is taken from the Irish County of Limerick in Ireland. This example is great fun and will amuse all ages. Have fun browsing our section of rhymes on this subject. There was a fair maid named O'Neil, Who went up in the great Ferris Wheel; On the thirty-fourth round She looked down at the ground And it cost her an 80-cent meal. Click below for the Index or to begin reading the Limericks! |