Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-09-08
QUAINT old LIMERICK
Irish City of Fish Hooks and Rhymed
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AGAIN HEDGED ABOUT BY CIVIL STRIFE
Famous Place is of Ancient Origin
Town on Both Sides of River OF
Swiftly Flowing Waters.

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Swiftly Flowing Waters.
The town that named rhyme pres
ents another case in evidence that
history repeats itself" for dispatches
state that opposing forces in Ireland
are contending for possession of Liner
ick.
"Limirick has always been consider
ed a point Of great Importance in most
of the wars that nave swept over the
storm ridden Emerald ISLE" says q
bulletin of the National Geographic
Society from it's Washington, ID. G.,
headquarters ut is located where the
River Shannon flows near the head OF
the unbrokeh stretches of the green
Vale of Tipperary, continues the
bulletin. "The portion Of the river
Immediately above the city is without
navigation, for fifteen miles of rush
ling torrents, of falls, and rapids, make
the passage of any kind Of boat inn
possible. Above these distractions,
however the river flows from its ori-
gin, far to the north, through ten
counties, widening into stretches or
placid lake along which boats sail as
far as the ford Of historical Athlone.
Nonsense Verse Made City Famous.
THAT five-line stanza which most OF
ug are guilty of attempting to compose
at various times in our careers made
the town as well as Edward Lear IA
nous. And many notables, such as
Rudyard Kipling, George du Murier,
Gelett Burgess and Carolyn Wells,
have tried their hands at penning 1t.
It is said that the ccrposition or
limericks originated as form OF
amusement when q crowd Of people
gathered together for a pleasant even
ing in the Irish town. Each person
was supposed to compose stanza IN
turn, and the following chorus was
sung after each new rhyme in order to
give the next contributor time to get
his limerick ready:
"'Oh, won't you come up, come up,
come up,
Oh, won't you come up to Liner
ick?
Oh won't you come, come all the
way up,
Come all the way up to LmerickT'
"The town which occupies both sides
Of the river as well as Kings Island is
about 130 miles from Dublin. Its
bacon curing industry, its creameries,
its condensed milk factories, and its
salmon fisheries keep busy its Rory
ONIores and its pretty little Irish col
leens, the glances of whose beautiful
blue eyes are like to prove as fatal as
those Of Kate Kearncy. Limerick fish
hooks are celebrated, and though the
Limerick lace worked upon fine
quality of net derived its name from
the city, it is mostly made in other
portions of the island at the present
time.
Old AS Days OF Ptolemy.
Limerick has had a past 1t was
the ancient Rcgia Of Ptolemy; the
Danes desired it for a long while be-
ninth century; and in 1910 King John
visited it and built forts upon its
coveted soil. The dethroned James III
of England made it his last strong
hold. On the island in the river the
ancient Limerick had its beginning, and
today it's maze of crooked streets, and
Its old cathedral dating from 117O are
important points of interest.
Limerick also has her romance and
poetry. All Irishmen may well be
proud of Gerald Griffin, whose Eileen
Aroon' is a lyric of the tenderest and
most musical quality. The bells OF
Limerick are famous for their beauti-
, full tone. The story runs that they
were made many years ago in Italy by
a young bellmakcr, who after years Of
toll perfected a set of bells the purity
Of whose tone satisfied his critical ear.
They were hung in a nearby convent,
but during a war the bells were
carried away and no one knew of their
whereabouts.
Misfortune fell upon the bcllmaker
and he wandered far from home al
ways with the hope that he would find
his beloved bells again. Hearing that
they had been taken to Limerick, he
set out for the city. While sitting on
the deck of the vessel as it made its
way up the River Shannon, he heard
the sweet, pure tones of his bells once
again. He fixed his eyes on the distant
cathedral whence the music came, but
when they came to tell him that he
, might enter the city, he was dead"