[Ads-l] new book on Limerick etymology

[Stephen Goranson]

I'm busy with other matters, but note a new book:
Bob Turvey, Why Are Limericks Called Limericks?
It gathers many quotations--though not all that have been noted lately--so it is useful in that.
Its analysis, in my opinion, is deficient.

Stephen Goranson

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