Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
How about writing a limerick with your kids today to celebrate?
Here’s the format (each space is a syllable, not a word):
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For a fun Irish twist, look up some cities on a map of the Green Isle and use them in your Limericks:
- Dublin
- Galway
- Kilkenny
- Cork
- Derry
- Armagh
- Belfast
- Lislurn
You might add Irish items like pots of gold, rainbows, leprechauns, and shamrocks. St. Patrick is also a perfectly suitable character to include in your St. Patrick’s Day limerick, too. Of course.
Here’s a Limerick by the intrepid Edward Lear (his are most famous and can be found in a quick google search):
There was an Old Man of Kilkenny,
Who never had more than a penny;
He spent all that money,
In onions and honey,
That wayward Old Man of Kilkenny.
Please post your delightful results when you finish!