Folks,

These are all the lemicks I can remember at the moment and I have no idea who wrote them.

You mentioned St kitts. One of the first limericks actually written
down goes back to around 1834:

There was a young man of 'St. Kitts,
Who was very much troubled with fits,
The eclipse of the moon
Threw him into a swoon,
When he tumbled and broke into bits.

This next one is especially for you C51:

A tutor who tooted the flute,
Tried to teach two young tooters to toot;
Said the two to the tutor:
"Is it harder to toot, or
To tutor two tooters to toot?"

There was an old woman took snuff,
Who said she was happy enough,
For she sneezed when she pleased,
And was pleased when she sneezed,
And that is enough about snuff.

I'd rather have fingers than toes;
I'd rather have ears than a nose,
And as for my hair,
I'm glad it's all there;
I'll be awfully sad when it goes.

There once was a man from Nantucket
Who kept all his cash in a bucket;
But his daughter named Nan
Ran away with a man,
And as for the bucket, Nantucket.

But he followed the pair to Pawtucket,
The man and the girl with the bucket;
And he said to the man,
He was welcome to Nan,
But as for the bucket, Pawtucket.