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Bill East had some marvelous limerick contests, especially when the feast of Serapion of Thmuis' feast rolled around. Perhaps if you search for him in the archives, you'll find something of interest.
MG

Marjorie Greene
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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture

Aw, rats.  Saints’ limericks are beyond even my (happily low-brow) imagination.  And yet once you think of it, it seems so inevitable:

 

A lesser-known saint of the regno…

 

Could anything scan more compellingly?

 

Erica

A slight note: I have, purposely, kept as many of Dr. Phyllis Jestice's entries as she wrote them because I enjoy her wry humor in the entries. She was careful to deliniate the source material she was using (switching sources in June of each year. If you are interested, I can send you her list.) I have also done the same for the earlier chroniclers, as some of those entries are wonderfully tongue-in-cheek too. Although, I admit, I didn't save the limericks. :)
       
happy reading,
Terri Morgan
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Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.  ~Albert Einstein

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