- The first, second, and fifth lines of limerick examples often contain three anapestic feet while the third and fourth lines are shorter, with just two anapestic feet.
- The defining "foot" of a limerick’s meter is usually the anapaest, (ta-ta-TUM), but limericks are also considered amphibrachic (ta-TUM-ta).
- Nobody knows who wrote the first limerick, or why it’s named after a town in Ireland. And most people couldn’t give the technical definition of a limerick.
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- Two Owls and a Hen, Four Larks and a Wren, Have all built their nests in my beard!' One of Lear’s funnier attempts is “Limerick No. 80” from that same volume
- When taking the extra-municipal suburbs into account, Limerick is the third largest conurbation in the Republic of Ireland, with an urban population of 90,757.
- And the section on limericks is simply bizarre: is there a difference between the 'radio limerick' and any other sort?
- A limerick is a short and fun five-line poem with a distinctive rhythm. The first, second and fifth lines are longer than the third and fourth lines.
- The history of limerick poems is detailed below and due to the location of Limerick in Ireland the Irish Limericks are often found to be the most popular.