LIMERICKS.
! The following limericks, read at tlio j children’s competitions at Otaki on Thursday evening, caused a deal of in- | torost: — I You arc a naughty boy, said Wills, . You have just one more chance, So tiie bad boy came to school next day With a thick board in hts pants. | —-A Jamieson. l'Ycddy Bills, once got a ‘cert,’ I And made a mighty bet, But a rank outsider, lie came home,, The ‘cert’ is running yet. —A Jamieson. There was a voting man of Devon, Who played in a hockey eleven, 1 One day in a match, ' His head got a scratch, ■ And now he has gone off to Heaven. —Wax Podevin. There was tin old man of Otaki, AVho heard of the fame of Tawhaki, He vowed to the moon, T ’ll follow you soon, ' To get away from this sleepy Otaki. —Doris AA’atts,
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Otaki Mail, 27 September 1922, Page 4
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