Ah limericks! The contest requirements were to write a limerick based upon any well-known Irish limerick. I patterned the above offering after the following written by Edward Lear: It happens to be my all-time favorite.

I sat next to the Duchess at tea.
It was just as I feared it would be.
Her rumblings abdominal
Were simply abominable
And everyone thought it was me!!!!

Some may remember this version:

I sat next to the Duchess at tea.
It was just as I feared it would be.
Her rumblings abdominal
Were simply phenomenal
And everyone thought it was me!

Components:
Five lines
Rhyme Scheme: aabba
First, Second and Fifth lines should be 7 - 10 syllables
Third and Fourth lines should be 5 - 7 syllables
Often bawdy, witty, or satirical.....you decide :>)

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