Limericks for Children to Share within the Classroom

Relationship again to the 14th century, limericks are a pleasant, usually foolish technique to inform a brief story. These fast poems are wildly entertaining and imaginative, and anybody can write them. When you’ve mastered the rhythm, you’ll be able to spin a story that leaves individuals roaring with laughter. That’s why college students discover them so enjoyable!

Right here’s an inventory of limericks for teenagers to share within the classroom. (Make sure to learn them for appropriateness first!)

What Is a Limerick?

Limericks observe a single stanza construction and consist of 5 strains. You’ll want to make use of an AABBA rhyme scheme, with strains one, two, and 5 ending with rhyming phrases. Traces three and 4 ought to use a second rhyme. It’d sound just a little tough, however when you’ve learn just a few, you’ll shortly choose up the sequence. 

Edward Lear popularized limericks along with his well-known A Guide of Nonsense, which was launched within the 1800s. Trendy authors have reprinted his work in books akin to The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear. A few of the limericks for teenagers on this checklist are from that very assortment! 

Limericks for Children

1. There was an outdated man of Nantucket

There was an outdated man of Nantucket

Who stored all his money in a bucket;

However his daughter, named Nan

Ran away with a person—

And so far as the bucket, Nantucket.

2. A sure younger fellow named Bee-Bee

A sure younger fellow named Bee-Bee

Wished to wed a girl named Phoebe.

“However,” he stated, “I have to see

What the clerical price

Be earlier than Phoebe be Phoebe Bee-Bee.”

3. There as soon as was a fly on the wall

There as soon as was a fly on the wall

I ponder why didn’t it fall

As a result of its ft caught

Or was it simply luck

Or does gravity miss issues so small?

4. There as soon as was a farmer from Leeds

There as soon as was a farmer from Leeds,

Who swallowed a packet of seeds.

It quickly got here to move,

He was lined with grass,

However has all of the tomatoes he wants.

5. A canner, exceedingly canny

A canner, exceedingly canny

One morning remarked to his granny,

“A canner can can

Something that he can;

However a canner can’t can a can, can he?”

6. There was a younger man from Dealing

There was a younger man from Dealing

Who caught the bus for Ealing.

It stated on the door

“Don’t spit on the ground”

So he jumped up and spat on the ceiling

7. A fellow jumped off a excessive wall

A fellow jumped off a excessive wall

And had a most horrible fall.

He went again to mattress,

With a bump on his head,

That’s why you don’t leap off a wall.

8. Right here’s to the chigger

Right here’s to the chigger

The bug that’s no larger

Than the purpose of an undersized pin;

However the welt that he raises

Certain itches like blazes,

And that’s the place the rub is available in!

9. As 007 walked by

As 007 walked by

He heard a wee spider say, “Hello.”

However shaken, he shot

It proper there on the spot

Because it tried to clarify, “I’m a spi …”

10. An aged man known as Keith

An aged man known as Keith

Mislaid his set of false enamel—

They’d been laid on a chair,

He’d forgot they had been there,

Sat down, and was bitten beneath.

11. There was an outdated man from Milan

There was an outdated man from Milan

Whose limericks by no means would scan.

When informed this was so,

He stated, “sure, I do know.

However I at all times attempt to get as many syllables into the final line as I presumably can.”

12. I’m papering partitions within the bathroom

I’m papering partitions within the bathroom

And fairly frankly I haven’t a clue;

For the sample’s all mistaken

(Or the paper’s too lengthy)

And I’m caught to the bathroom with glue.

13. There was an odd fellow named Gus

There was an odd fellow named Gus

When touring he made such a fuss.

He was banned from the prepare,

Not allowed on a aircraft,

And now travels solely by bus.

14. Is it me or the character of cash

Is it me or the character of cash

That’s odd and peculiar? Humorous,

However when I’ve dough

It goes shortly, you understand,

And seeps out of my pockets like honey.

15. There was a younger lady named Vivid

There was a younger lady named Vivid

Whose pace was a lot sooner than mild.

She set out sooner or later,

In a relative method,

And returned on the earlier evening.

16. There as soon as was a person from Tibet

There as soon as was a person from Tibet

Who couldn’t discover a cigarette

So he smoked all his socks,

and bought chicken-pox,

and needed to go to the vet.

17. I want a entrance door for my corridor

I want a entrance door for my corridor

The substitute I purchased was too tall.

So I hacked it and chopped it,

And thoroughly lopped it,

And now the dumb factor is simply too small.

18. A newspaperman named Fling

A newspaperman named Fling

May make “copy” from any outdated factor.

However the copy he wrote,

Of a five-dollar notice,

Was so good he now wears a lot bling.

19. There was an outdated man of Peru

There was an outdated man of Peru

Who dreamt he was consuming his shoe.

He woke within the evening,

With a horrible fright,

And located it was completely true.

20. I do know an outdated owl named Boo

I do know an outdated owl named Boo

Each evening he yelled Hoo,

As soon as a child walked by,

And began to cry,

And yelled I don’t have a clue!

21. I as soon as fell in love with a blonde

I as soon as fell in love with a blonde

However discovered that she wasn’t so fond.

Of my pet turtle named Odle,

whom I’d taught easy methods to yodel,

So she dumped him outdoors within the pond.

22. My canine is basically fairly hip

My canine is basically fairly hip

Besides when he takes a chilly dip.

He appears to be like like a idiot,

when he jumps within the pool,

and jogs my memory of a sinking ship.

23. I’d moderately have Fingers than Toes

I’d moderately have Fingers than Toes

I’d moderately have Ears than a Nostril.

And as for my Hair,

I’m glad it’s all there,

I’ll be awfully unhappy when it goes.

24. There was a younger schoolboy of Rye

There was a younger schoolboy of Rye

Who was baked by mistake in a pie.

To his mom’s disgust,

He emerged via the crust,

And exclaimed, with a yawn, The place am I?

25. There was a Younger Woman whose chin

There was a Younger Woman whose chin

Resembled the purpose of a pin:

So she had it made sharp,

And bought a harp,

And performed a number of tunes together with her chin. 

26. There was a younger woman of Cork

There was a younger woman of Cork

Whose Pa made a fortune in pork.

He purchased for his daughter,

A tutor who taught her,

To stability inexperienced peas on her fork.

27. A painter, who lived in Nice Britain

A painter, who lived in Nice Britain

Interrupted two women with their knitting,

He stated, with a sigh,

That park bench—properly I,

Simply painted it, proper the place you’re sitting.

28. Hickory dickory dock

Hickory dickory dock,

The mouse ran up the clock;

The clock struck one,

And down he run,

Hickory dickory dock.

29. There’s a younger schoolboy named Mason

There’s a younger schoolboy named Mason

Whose mother cuts his hair with a basin.

When he stands in a single place,

With a shawl spherical his face,

It’s a thriller which method he’s dealing with.

30. The unimaginable Wizard of Oz

The unimaginable Wizard of Oz

Retired from his enterprise becoz.

Because of up-to-date science,

To most of his purchasers,

He wasn’t the Wizard he woz.

We hope you preferred these limericks for teenagers! Need extra poetry? Take a look at these poems about teaching.

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