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 \nwith drawings by JOSEPH LOW  \nMyra Livingston,the wellknown poet,anthol-ogist and teacher,enchanted by the unusualplace names she encountered in England—Skittle,Needles-on-Stoor,Chipping,for exainple—foundherself making up limericks for many of them.Thiscollection is the product of that trip and that in-terest,delineating such unexpected characters asa ghost in a graveyard,a frightened soothsayer,aribald old parrot,and  \nCried a man on the Salisbury Plain,  \n“Don't disturb me—I'm counting the rain;Should you cause me to stopI might miss half-a-dropAnd would have to start over again.”  \nJoseph Low,a distinguished graphic artist,hasmade witty and entertaining illustrations thatmatch this entertaining collection.  \n10 up;5 up  \n## BOSTONPUBL1CL1BRARY\n\n# A Lollygag of Limericks\n\nA LSO BY MYRA COHN LIVINGSTON  \n## Come Away\n\n(A Margaret K.McElderry Book)4-Way Stop and Other PoemsHappy Birthday!I'm Hiding  \nThe Malibu and Other Poems  \n(A Margaret K.McElderry Book)The Moon and a Star and Other PoemsThe Way Things Are and Other Poems(A Margaret K.McElderry Book)  \nWhen You Are Alone/It Keeps You Capone:  \nAn Approach to Creative Writing with Children(A Margaret K.McElderry Book)Wide Awake and Other Poems(A Margaret K.McElderry Book)  \nEDITED BY MYRA COHN LIVINGSTON  \nListen,Children,Listen:Poems for the Very YoungO Frabjous Day:Poetry for Holidays and  \n## Special Occasions\n\n(A Margaret K.McElderry Book)  \nOne Little Room,An Everywhere:Poems of LoveThe Poems of Lewis CarrollSpeak Roughly to Your Little Boy:A Collection of  \nParodies and Burlesques,Together with the Original  \nPoems,Chosen and Annotated for Young PeopleA Tune Beyond Us:A Collection of PoemsWhat a Wonderful Bird the Frog Are:An Assortment of  \nHumorous Poetry and Verse  \n(A Margaret K.McElderry Book)  \n## MYRA COHN LIVINGSTON\n\n# A Lollygag of Limericks\n\nwith drawings by JOSEPH LOW  \nNEW YORK  \n/78   \n# Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data\n\nLivingston,Myra 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