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Limerick writing Mark 3 (colour, animal,number).

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NanKate Thu 17-Jul-14 07:56:57

Now we are on our third thread of limericks shall we up the stakes and try and include within the line either a colour, animal or number.

Some clever minded Gransnetters may be able to do this cryptically (I am not sure if that is the right word to describe what I mean).

E.g. 'The robber done/dun me over officer' not grammatical I know, but you get my drift.hmm

MiniMouse Fri 05-Sept-14 00:03:56

The red embers heated the cauldron

FarNorth Fri 05-Sept-14 00:00:12

And someone said "Who let that dove in?"

AlieOxon Thu 04-Sept-14 20:16:00

With a little red spark

rosequartz Thu 04-Sept-14 20:08:53

Gold eyes glowed in the dark

FarNorth Thu 04-Sept-14 19:14:44

The cool cats were pushin' and shovin'

AlieOxon Thu 04-Sept-14 18:27:19

It was a white-starry nightclub, the Coven

MiniMouse Thu 04-Sept-14 18:14:58

The blue moon winked as it guided them down.

FarNorth Thu 04-Sept-14 17:55:46

In that tarry black night

AlieOxon Thu 04-Sept-14 17:41:30

The bat hung on tight

AlieOxon Thu 04-Sept-14 17:41:03

(Whoops. Sorry!)

AlieOxon Thu 04-Sept-14 17:40:12

It ran out of fuel

MiniMouse Thu 04-Sept-14 15:10:31

On her besom made of twigs of brown

AlieOxon Thu 04-Sept-14 14:20:01

She set out six miles to the town

MiniMouse Thu 04-Sept-14 14:13:47

So to her brew she added a rat.

AlieOxon Thu 04-Sept-14 14:09:51

Tapped numbers in Morse

MiniMouse Thu 04-Sept-14 13:15:33

Her familiar's claws

AlieOxon Thu 04-Sept-14 13:11:09

And on a lead, flying, one bat

MiniMouse Thu 04-Sept-14 11:32:55

She donned her black cloak and her hat

AlieOxon Thu 04-Sept-14 09:14:20

But three spells meant no-one could hurt her.

FarNorth Thu 04-Sept-14 00:59:01

No green frogs were troubled

MiniMouse Wed 03-Sept-14 23:24:19

Her black cauldron bubbled

Elegran Wed 03-Sept-14 22:23:47

Who put on a bright purple kurta

NanKate Wed 03-Sept-14 21:42:25

There was a white witch called Roberta.

rosequartz Wed 03-Sept-14 14:51:44

But big, 'cos the black one's too titchy

rosequartz Wed 03-Sept-14 14:50:42

Said the other one, (Fred)