tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post1668266683667360176..comments2024-01-19T11:41:09.359+13:00Comments on A Hebridean in New Zealand: Thankful ThursdayGBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10289400344300258872noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-58145779423513879722013-01-11T08:20:59.917+13:002013-01-11T08:20:59.917+13:00You are so bi-lingual Monica that you are bound to...You are so bi-lingual Monica that you are bound to have come across it at some time in all your English readings. I think it must be one of the most common of limericks even though generally speaking<br /><br />The limerick's an art form complex<br />Whose contents run chiefly to sex.<br />It's famous for virgins<br />And masculine urgin's<br />And vulgar erotic effects<br /><br />None of which appear in the Lady from Riga nor in my favourite<br /><br />There was an old lady from Cheam<br />Who was exceedingly stingy and mean.<br />'If a sandwich' she said<br />'had but one piece of bread,<br />there'd be no need for meat in between'.GBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289400344300258872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-50404883043207136932013-01-11T08:13:36.430+13:002013-01-11T08:13:36.430+13:00I suspect that it is essentially a very British so...I suspect that it is essentially a very British sort of humour Virginia so I'm not surprised that you've heard them.GBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289400344300258872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-79350121663571509182013-01-11T08:12:39.875+13:002013-01-11T08:12:39.875+13:00You are welcome Adrian.You are welcome Adrian.GBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289400344300258872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-58889951400312471232013-01-11T08:12:11.617+13:002013-01-11T08:12:11.617+13:00I learned the last version and as it was always Mu...I learned the last version and as it was always Mum who said it I don't think I ever wondered where she got it from. The only other person I've heard say it is you (so far as I can recall). Now I, too, shall have to do some research.GBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289400344300258872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-91785466503074316262013-01-11T07:15:14.333+13:002013-01-11T07:15:14.333+13:00The limerick seems kind of familiar to me too but ...The limerick seems kind of familiar to me too but I can't say where I came across it. It may have been included in an English text book for me as well, I suppose. The others I don't know, except for the ones by Lewis Carrol. But I did not read them until much later in life, not in childhood (and I don't know them by heart). Your post does remind me of some Swedish nursery rhymes and songs of similar nonsense kind, though. And of Winnie-the-Pooh... (with both Pooh and other English children's books it was the Swedish translations I knew in childhood though)DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-10875458437766904732013-01-11T00:19:48.105+13:002013-01-11T00:19:48.105+13:00Do you know what is amazing? I actually knew some...Do you know what is amazing? I actually knew some of these, having been brought up truly British and attending a private school with British teachers....I am thankful too that my life had a space in it for these pieces of nonsense to reside as well.VirginiaChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17282569773671179047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-76728019453020598852013-01-10T22:05:16.036+13:002013-01-10T22:05:16.036+13:00Thank you for some wonderful memories.Thank you for some wonderful memories.ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-1359870000794438762013-01-10T19:56:43.301+13:002013-01-10T19:56:43.301+13:00Now Meike you have me thinking. When I copied the...Now Meike you have me thinking. When I copied the limerick into the post I was a little puzzled because I hadn't recalled Niger as being the end of the first line. It wasn't until I read your version that I realised that yours is the version that I know as well. Thanks a lot for that correction.<br /><br />I may be wrong but I can't really imagine a lot of nonsense rhymes being part of the Deutsch Charakter.GBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289400344300258872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-41907717596483789552013-01-10T17:24:26.025+13:002013-01-10T17:24:26.025+13:00I hadn't heard that one Katherine. Very SM th...I hadn't heard that one Katherine. Very SM though. GBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289400344300258872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-69314578181964081582013-01-10T11:18:21.877+13:002013-01-10T11:18:21.877+13:00No idea where it came from, but it's great! :...No idea where it came from, but it's great! :o)Canadian Chickadeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12995693884248628958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-33951697909342198542013-01-10T11:16:58.359+13:002013-01-10T11:16:58.359+13:00That is absolutely wonderful! I hadn't heard ...That is absolutely wonderful! I hadn't heard that one before. I must try to remember it.<br /><br />After seeing a rerun of an episode of the British "Antiques Roadshow," I have been humming, "Drip drip drop, little April shower ... " all day. The tune apparently comes from Disney's movie "Bambi." Childish or not, it's been brightening my day today! :o)<br />Canadian Chickadeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12995693884248628958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-69924980828090071812013-01-10T09:18:15.991+13:002013-01-10T09:18:15.991+13:00I once tried to trace the originator of
Once the...I once tried to trace the originator of <br /><br />Once there was a cassowary<br />on the plains of Timbuktu<br />killed and ate a missionary<br />cassock, bands and hymn book too.<br /><br />(or the last line might go 'Legs and arms and humn book too' depending upon the version one learned.)<br /><br />Without success. Amongst the contenders are Tennyson, Thackeray and Bishop Wilberforce. Any ideas?Scriptor Senexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-45440981870888658042013-01-10T07:30:51.554+13:002013-01-10T07:30:51.554+13:00The limerick was in my English text book at school...The limerick was in my English text book at school when I was about 11, I think. I loved it and remember it very well, although slightly different from the version you posted:<br /><br />There was a young lady from Riga<br />who rode with a smile on a tiger.<br />They returned from the ride<br />with the lady inside<br />and the smile on the face of the tiger.<br /><br />As far as the other bits of rhyming nonsense are concerned, they were all new to me, but I can understand that you are grateful for knowing them :-)Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-78760753674571828442013-01-10T07:17:31.857+13:002013-01-10T07:17:31.857+13:00Nonsense is very important. It's a bit like h...Nonsense is very important. It's a bit like having an excuse (if you need one) to be silly once you're an adult.<br /><br />I'm thankful for nonsense poetry too!<br /><br />"Said Hamlet to Ophelia,<br />I'll draw a sketch of thee,<br />What kind of pencil shall I use?<br />2B or not 2B? <br />- Spike Milligan"Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12453125929159161583noreply@blogger.com