Limericks

ENGLISH: Children love ridiculous rhymes, the crazier the better.  Here are some limericks I wrote in English, SOME of which I have told at the end of class, each tying in with a CUENTIÑO (a yoga story).  The limerick names refer to the stories. With older kids you could get them composing their own rhymes. 

ESPAÑOL: A l@s niñ@s les encantan las rimas divertidas, cuanto más disparatadas mejor. Esta clase de rima en inglés se llama limerick - la estructura es siempre de 5 lineas, la primera, segunda y última linea riman, y la tercera y la cuarta riman. Estos limericks que he colgado aqui se relacionan con un CUENTIÑO del mismo nombre y los cuento al final de la clase.  Con los niños mayores puedes animarles a escribir sus propias rimas.  Pronto colgaré unos ejemplos en castellano.

LOLA LIMERICK

There once was a sheep from Glen Garry

Who searched for a partner to marry

He strayed from the flock

Found a wife by a loch

And now he’s as happy as Larry

LADAKH LIMERICK

There once was a bloke from Ladakh

Whose issues with wandering  yak

Led him to utter

I’ve had it with butter!

From now on I’ll take my tea black

HIMALAYA LIMERICK

While trekking the mountains a yeti

Decided on something quite petty

He prevented a yak

Whose name we’ll call Zach

From diving straight off of a jetty

AMAZON LIMERICK

A boy, a balloon and a monkey

Went flying around, it was funky

They floated, they crashed

Their knees got quite bashed

But canoe girl saw Max and said “hunky!” 

LLAMA LIMERICK

A llama called Lawrence was listless

He yearned for a place that was mistless

The jungle, the sea

Were fine places to see

But his choice was Bolivia for Christmas

MALTA LIMERICK

Jemima left Spain from Gibraltar

For Tangiers, but she wound up in Malta

Her visit was short

She developed a wart

She left in a hurry, why fault her?

MOROCCO LIMERICK

Some goats and some hooves in a thorn tree

Were munching on branches forlornly

They had no idea that

At night came a bat

And peed on the tree, well how naughty!


VOLCANO LIMERICK

A girl had a thing about fire

Volcanoes were her heart’s desire

When up at the top

The lava went pop

An eruption!  How deliciously dire!

ALASKA LIMERICK

A moose on the loose name of Saskia

Went wandering down to Nebraska

Her hooves felt quite sore

Migration’s a chore

She should have stayed put in Alaska


PITIUSAS LIMERICK

There once were some twins in the Med

Who turned into pirates and fled

No homework or school fees

The sailed on the High Seas

“We need school like a hole in the head!”

CRICKET LIMERICK

A snail and a penguin were chatting

About cricket on Tatami matting

They couldn’t agree

They went for a pee

Who bowls first and who starts the batting?

THALASSA LIMERICK

A shark had a fin that was manky

It made him feel totally cranky

But help came along

In the form of a thong

Which he used as a bandage-cum-hanky

CELTIC LIMERICK

A druid worked magic/wonders in stone

He had ways to get into the zone/to the unknown

He conjured a potion

Set magic in motion

Today we just pick up the phone

Oh crikey, though, how he would drone!

CELTIC LIMERICK 2

A druid who lived close to Wapping

Was set hard on doing his shopping

In one afternoon

After all it was June

Midsummer was for circles and cropping

TROLL LIMERICK

A troll and an elf had a bet

The elf lost and now is in debt

The troll was more scary

And what’s more quite hairy

One roar and his prey's in his net

MANTA RAY LIMERICK

There once was a fine manta ray

Whose mum called him Cassius Clay

He boffed and he biffed

All his close friends got miffed

But no one would  get in his way

THOUSAND ISLAND LIMERICK

Invaders came conquering Hvar

An emperor, a sultan, a czar

Each set up their camp

But they hated the damp

Back home was much better by far

AUTHOR: Lisa Howe