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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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