A Wise Man Exploring The Nile - Vintage Limericks

A wise man exploring the Nile
Said, "The Sphinx is no doubt all the style
But yonder there be
Other ruins, I see,
And I'll peer-amid those for awhile."

There Once Was A Lady Named Maude - Vintage Postcard Limerick

There once was a lady named Maude
Whose dressmakers bill were ignored
Till her husband, dumbfounded
Was simply surrounded
With bills he could not afford

There Once Was a Man up a Tree - Vintage Postcard Limerick

There once was a man up a tree
Who was horribly bored by a bee
When they said, "Does it buzz?"
He replied, "Yes it does!
It's a regular brute of a bee."

Vintage Limerick - There Once Was A Cat And A Mouse

There once was a cat and a mouse
Who ran all the way 'round the house
First the mouse 'twas that led
Then the cat got ahead
But the head was that of the mouse.

A Pretty Young Woman Named Susan - Vintage Swimming Limerick

A pretty young woman named Susan
Went wading one day with her shoeson
When she came back to land
With her shoes full of sand
Then she found it was not so amus'n'