Annual Limerick Contest

Location: AuGres, Michigan

Fri Feb 02, 2007
The Bay City, Michigan, Ancient Order of Hibernians, annually conducts a limerick contest (world wide). Prizes of Irish items are given for about 4 catagories. If you wish to enter, google 'limerick' and the lst site will show how a limerick is supposed to be composed.

I don't run the contest, but a gent Mac Quinn does. A group reads and grades them on the Saturday prior to St. Patrick's Day (3-17) so if you are interested, now is the time. A couple years ago a member in here won one of the prizes. The winning limericks are read aloud at the "Irish Culture Night" held in Bay City annually.

The winner is always with a funny pun flavor, or bawdy, which is not frowned upon. School children also enter, and they have their own catagory. Political topics are favored. Current events are always near the top.

If you enter, be advised your limerick must be original. The judges are very keen to sort out copycats. You plagerize...you lose.

Entries can be sent direct to Mac Quinn at 'irishmicATquinns.net' or direct to me, and I'll forward them on. If you put it up in here on Sceala, I'll also send it on for you.

There is always an entry from a grandmother from New Zealand who is shall I say...just wicked. Only two entries per person, please.

Let's see what you are made of...............Whoop!

Jack

A limerick can be rather funny
When the sylables are on the money
But when none of it fits
It can give you the shits
Would you stop writing limericks, Sonny?

Of all the great senators polled
Over forty would switch so we are told
But their collective 'oops'
Doesn't bring home the troops
Or the three thousand for whom the bells tolled.

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