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From: "Jackie M. Botala" <>
Subject: [VERMONT-L] more old papers...
Date: Sat, 1 May 1999 22:19:33 -0700


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We used to write words on slips of paper, mix them up,
draw one and write a limerick using the word drawn as the
key, the last word of the first line. Next to limericks a great
favorite was "simplified thought"-- such as "Boy gun, shoot
fun, Gun bust, boy dust." My favorite in this feild was "Dark
night, banana peel, fat man, Virginia reel."

My grandfather, a minister, was fond of limericks. His
favorites included:

There was a young lady named Banker,
Who slept while the ship lay at anchor.
She awoke with dismay
When she heard the mate say,
"Now hoist up the top sheet and spanker."

There was a young lady named Perkins
Who was exceedingly fond of sweet gherkins.
She ate just a quart
Which was more than she ort
For it pickled her internal workings.

We even knew a tune to which a standard limerick could
be sung. Everyone probably knows the ones we sang the
most often--Yhe tutor who tooted the flute; The young lady
of Niger; The canner exceedingly canning; The lady in
Worcester: and the Old man of Nantucket.

(Contributed by Mragaret Foster, Windsor)
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Autographs:

These were written on memoranda pages in the back
of diaries of ANdrew White:

Fall down stairs and break your neck
Fall into the ocean from the deck
Fall to the earth from heaven above
But never no never fall in love.
Advice from a friend(1865)

Read up and down
And you will see (part of a riddle)
That I'll have you
If you will have me.
W. (1865)

The rose if red, the violet if blue, the pink is sweet and so
be you.
D.B. (1866)

Remember me when far away
And you no more can with me stay
Remember me and ne're forget
The first night we ever met

When distant, when absent
When starngers you see
Then Andrew let friendship
Remind you of me.
Sara Howe (1865)

What would I not give to wander
Where my old companion dwells
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
Isle of Beauty fare thee well.
Laurie (1865)

May smiling fortune ever pour
Its choicest gifts to fill your store
And while I live my wish shall be
That you from trouble may be free.
Cousin Sarah (1867)

As o'er the fields of life you raom
Or sail o'er life's dark sea
When far from kindred friends and home
Cast back one thought of me.
Jos. R. Ball (1865)

Remember well and bear in mind
A constant friend is hard to find
And when you find one just and true
Change not an old one for a new.
Hanah Barber (1866)

Times may alter
Friends may part
But distance should not
Change the heart.
A.J.W. (1866)

My pen is poor
My ink is pale
My love for you
Shall never fail.
Nettie (1868)

(Contributed by Gertrude I. White, North Hartland)

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