There was an Old Person of Crowle*,
Who lived in the nest of an owl;
When they screamed in the nest, he screamed out with the rest,
That depressing Old Person of Crowle.
-Edward Lear: “More Nonsense, Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, etc.” (1872), ‘Twenty-Six Nonsense Rhymes and Pictures,’ page 229, limerick 82
*Crowle is a market town on the Isle of Axholme in England. Market towns are settlements that have either by custom or royal charter the right to host a regular market, originally held in the open air (outdoors), though in some instances now held indoors, typically one or two days a week. ‘We’re going to market’ is a phrase that describes someone from a surrounding area who travels to a market town to obtain or provide goods or services. Market squares, farmers’ markets, and flea markets are ideas similar to market towns. The town name Crowle is pronounced so as to rhyme with the English word coal, and is possibly an alteration of the Dutch word ‘krol’ meaning a shed or small dwelling.
Who lived in the nest of an owl;
When they screamed in the nest, he screamed out with the rest,
That depressing Old Person of Crowle.
-Edward Lear: “More Nonsense, Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, etc.” (1872), ‘Twenty-Six Nonsense Rhymes and Pictures,’ page 229, limerick 82
*Crowle is a market town on the Isle of Axholme in England. Market towns are settlements that have either by custom or royal charter the right to host a regular market, originally held in the open air (outdoors), though in some instances now held indoors, typically one or two days a week. ‘We’re going to market’ is a phrase that describes someone from a surrounding area who travels to a market town to obtain or provide goods or services. Market squares, farmers’ markets, and flea markets are ideas similar to market towns. The town name Crowle is pronounced so as to rhyme with the English word coal, and is possibly an alteration of the Dutch word ‘krol’ meaning a shed or small dwelling.
