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Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 16,020 Send Message	Sharron	Report	13 Dec 2014 10:23
	There was a young fellow from Salisbury, Whose manners were halisbury scalisbury. He wandered around Hampshire without any pampshire. Till the Bishop of Salisbury said 'Walisbury'. Work that out then. It does make sense.
Member Since: March 2007 Posts: 95,327 Send Message	Allan	Report	13 Dec 2014 10:27
	There was a young fellow from Sarum Whose manners were harum scarum He wondered around Hants without any pants Till the Bishop of Sarum said "Warum"
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 16,020 Send Message	Sharron	Report	13 Dec 2014 10:29
	Well done that man!
Member Since: March 2007 Posts: 95,327 Send Message	Allan	Report	13 Dec 2014 10:35
	I cheated, Sharron :-( No I didn't Google but I do have a couple of books of Limericks. Whilst the general explanation makes them appear to be educational tomes about the origin of the form, the actual limericks themselves are downright rude, crude and funny (at least to me) The limerick that you posted was one of the 'educational' ones pointing out some of the old names of English Counties. Still bl**dy good, however :-D :-D :-D