A lim=
erick is a short, humorous five-line poem with a rhyme scheme of aa=
bba. This form of poem owes its name to a group of poets from the =
port city of Limerick in west-central Ireland, who wrote such verses.
A certain young fellow named Bee-Bee
Wishe=
d to wed a woman named Phoebe.
"But," he said, "I must se=
e
What the clerical fee
Be before Phoebe be Phoebe Bee-Bee=
~~
A maiden at college, Miss Breeze,
We=
ighed down by B.A.s and Litt.D.’s,
Collapsed from the strain,
S=
aid her doctor, "It’s plain
You are killing yourself — by degrees=
!"
~~
A canner, exceedingly =
canny,
One morning remarked to his granny,
"A canner can can
=
Anything that he can;
But a canner can’t can a can, can he?"
[More to come this week]
~~ANSWERS TO A=
FRICAN NATIONS QUIZ~~
1. Abyssinia =3D E=
thiopia
2. Bechuanaland =3D Botswana
3. Belgian Congo =3D Democratic Republic of=
the Congo
4. Banadir =3D Somalia
5. Biafra =3D Nigeria
 =
;
6. Dahomey =3D Benin
7. Frenc=
h Somaliland =3D Djibouti
8. French Suda=
n =3D Mali
9. German Southwest Africa =
=3D Namibia
=
10. Gold Coast =3D Ghana
11. Grain Coast =3D Liberia
12. Hausaland =3D Niger
13, Italian East Africa =3D Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia
=
14. Malagasy Republic =3D Madagascar=
15. Nyasaland =3D Malawi
16. Portuguese East Africa =3D Mozambique
17. Rhodesia, Northern =3D Zambia
=
18. Rhodesia, Southern =3D Zimbabwe
19. =
Spanish Guinea =3D Equatorial Guinea
=
20.=
Spanish West Africa =3D Morocco, Western Sahara
21. Tanganyika & Zanzibar =3D Tanzania
&nbs=
p;
22. Union of South Africa =3D South Africa
&=
nbsp;
23. United Arab Republic =3D Egypt & Syria
24. Upper Volta =3D Burkina Faso
&=
nbsp;
25. Zaire =3D Democratic Republic of the Congo
~~
Dr Bob Griffin
[email protected] =
www.grif.net
“From all harm safe in His sh=
eltering arms
I’m living by faith and feel no =
alarm.”