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About Limerick Day

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EVENT NAME:
Limerick Day (1812)
EVENT CATEGORIES:
Anniversaries , Culture & Art
Education , United Kingdom & Ireland
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Begins: May 12, 2023
Ends: May 12, 2023
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Limerick Day marks the writer's birthday, who popularized the whimsical poetry called the limerick. Edward Lear was born May 12, 1812, in Holloway, England, and became a prominent writer and illustrator. One of his most famous works is "The Owl and the Pussycat."

(Listen to it here via Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/e-books/23897)

His first book was entitled "A Book of Nonsense." You can access all of his nonsense books via Project Gutenberg here:

https://www.gutenberg.org/e-books/13650

Lear passed away on January 29, 1888, at 75.

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