It's Edward Lear's Limerick Day With Nonsense-Style Quangle-Wangles
May 12th is "Limerick Day," a day that celebrates the birthday of Writer Edward Lear...1812-1888. The day is meant for celebrating Limerick poems. Limericks were popularized by Lear in 1846 in his Book of Nonsense." A Limerick is a humorous verse or poem. It is five lines longs. It's name come from... Sign in to see full entry.