"come to Limerick" antedate and Limerick (verse) etymology suggestion

[Stephen Goranson]

Thank you, Sam!

Stephen

Quoting Sam Clements <SClements at NEO.RR.COM>:

> Stephen,
>
> There's an additional early cite using Newspaperarchive--1861.
>
> 15 August 1861 _Kenosha(WI) Times_  2/6
> Advertisement
>
> "Nice Young Men" come to Limerick, or you will be brought there."
> (An advertisement requesting that all those who ate the "free lunch"
> provided by a John C. Spencer in times past to now pay up.--ed.)
>
> Sam Clements
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stephen Goranson" <goranson at DUKE.EDU>
> To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 10:27
> Subject: "come to Limerick" antedate and Limerick (verse) etymology
> suggestion
>
>
>> Limerick, the Irish place name, and "come to Limerick" in 19th-century US
>> slang,
>> and the naming--circa 1896?--of the 5-line nonsense verse as Limerick may
>> all be
>> related.
>> ..........

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