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	Limerick Books of the 1820s - http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/limbooks/index.html The two earliest known books of limericks, with a link to a third. Part of an Edward Lear home page.
	Meskhi lines - http://meskhi.livejournal.com/ Limericks and short lines by Slava Meskhi. English, Russian and Georgian languages.
	Limericks - http://www.poetry-online.org/limericks.htm A brief history and explanation along with numerous examples from "A Book of Nonsense" by Edward Lear.
	Bad Gods Limerick Page - http://badgods.com/limerickpoems.html Famous poems rewritten as limericks.
	Alien Limerick Generator - http://www.herald.co.uk/~mel/limerick.html This interactive 'net artifact is an exercise in computer glossolalia that allows users to randomly generate metrically perfect nonsense-limericks--in an "alien" (that is, not spoken, now nor ever, on Earth) language.

	Loony Limericks - http://home.earthlink.net/~kristenaa/ Huge and still growing collection of limericks both naughty and nice. Visitors can also add a line to the mass limerick.
	More Ludicrous Limericks - http://thinks.com/words/more-ludicrous-limericks.htm A collection from thinks.com. A companion to "Less Ludicrous Limericks."
	Less Ludicrous Limericks - http://thinks.com/words/less-ludicrous-limericks.htm A collection from thinks.com. A companion to "More Ludicrous Limericks."
	Limerick Poetry - http://www.dltk-holidays.com/patrick/m-limerick.htm A brief how-to for teachers and kids with examples, all family-friendly: three St. Patrick's Day limericks (by the Webmaster) and ten limericks by Edward Lear.
	The Limerick - http://www.english.emory.edu/classes/Handbook/limerick.html A brief but insightful description of the limerick form.

	Writing Limericks for Fun and Profit - http://female-orgasms.com/limericks/ Twelve tips, with additional commentary and numerous examples by Robert Birch. Includes collections of both clean and bawdy limericks.
	Limericks - http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/english/limerick.htm Limericks by teachers in England. Includes suggestions for classroom activities.
	There Was a Young Man Who Sent E-mails - http://www.richardlong.org.uk/ The incomplete collected limericks of Richard C. Long.
	Limerick o' the Day - http://pagebuild.com/limerick/limerick.htm A daily (ribald) limerick, with an archive of previously featured limericks.
	Smithsonian Magazine - "The Limerick is Furtive and Mean..." - http://www.smithsonianmag.com/people-places/limerick.html From the Maigue poets to Ogden Nash, witty wordsmiths have delighted in composing the oft-risqué five-line verses. Introductory article.

	Poetic Limericks - http://www.poeticlimericks.com/ Genuine poetry written in the limerick style. Background information on this style of poetry and samples of the work of Joel D. Ash. Gateways to online books containing Poetic Limericks.
	Polish Limericks - http://www.limeryki.pl/English/English.html Translations of English and Polish limericks (English-Polish and Polish-English).
	Limericks - http://freewebs.com/limericks/index.htm A collection and short explanation of the form.
	LimGen: The Limerick Generator for Limerick Fans - http://www.jjjwebdevelopment.com/306sites/limgen/ LimGen - Creates limericks based on words you provide.
	Giggle Poetry - The Limerick - http://www.gigglepoetry.com/poetryclassdetail.aspx?LessonPlanID=2 Limerick writing for kids. By Bruce Lansky.

	The Pentatette Home Page - http://limericks.org/pentatette/reply.html The Limerick Special Interest Group website. Includes definitions, technical and scholarly information on limericks.
	Bibliography of Limericks - http://www.mscs.dal.ca/~dilcher/limericks.html List of print books of and on limericks, compiled by Karl Dilcher.
	Here-Be-Limerick-Poems.com - http://www.here-be-limerick-poems.com Limerick poems, funny or jaded, useful for: birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, graduations, toasts/roasts, retirement, work humor, bitter dregs, friendship, and professions.
	Funny Limericks For Everyone - http://www.funny-limericks-for-everyone.1ton.info/ A limerick blog, with a new funny limerick posted each day. Accepts submissions.
	OEDILF - The Omnificent English Dictionary In Limerick Form - http://www.oedilf.com/db/Lim.php A project to write at least one limerick for every word in the English language.

Limericks - http://library.thinkquest.org/3721/poems/forms/lime.html
A brief description and definition of the limerick form, along with an example.

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