A lady I knew came from Trentham
had wobbly legs and oft bent`em
She had very strange powers
received lots of flowers
and never quite knew who had sent`em
Trentham, pronounced locally as Trent em, is on the way from Baldwins Gate, Newcastle, Staffordshire, where I grew up, to Longton, Stoke on Trent, where my future wife lived. I passed through there often!
It is a suburb of the city of Stoke-on-Trent in North Staffordshire, England, south-west of the city centre and south of the neighbouring town of Newcastle-under-Lyme. It is separated from the main urban area by open space and by the Trent and Mersey Canal and the River Trent, giving it the feel of a village.
I imagine the flowers come from people scared of her “strange powers”. Though if they wanted to get into her good graces they should have included a card 🙂
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….but I included cards……….oops!
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But don’t you just love a mystery! 💐
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Life would be so much drearier without them!
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Wow… flowers for strange powers….
Maybe too many hours under the bowers……
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LOL! 😀
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I love the unexpected rhyme of Trentham and bent’em. Those word plays are my favorite part of limericks and you come up with them pretty regularly.
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Thank you Elizabeth. That is one thing I enjoy with limericks.
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HA! 😀
I liked the Trentham and bent’em rhyme, too. It made me snort-laugh! 😀
I’d say to the lady, “Don’t look a gift horse…er…uh…gift flowers in the mouth.” 😉 😛
HUGS!!! 🙂
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Nice of you to be sending flowers! 🙂
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Someone appreciated her. How lovely. 🙂
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I believe she was the teacher with a lot of power, over her hapless students she would tower, succumbing they would cower 😀
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Ah! And once again You gift me my first huge laugh of the day! LOVE it! I see a film about this! A romance of mystery!!! Thank You, Peter! Cheers!!! 🤗❤️😊
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