If you’re all grown up now and you love cracking short jokes or writing funny poems ... It is believed that limericks date ...

Although there are many funny limericks, the exact origins of the form have been lost to time, although they may date back to ...

including limericks and clerihews. The first line is (or ends in) a person’s name. The second, third and fourth lines add extra information or something funny. The second line rhymes with the first.