Why are there so many buckets in Nantucket

Limerick, Ireland’s third largest city, was founded by the Vikings in 812.

Some of Limerick’s well-known sons and daughters include actor

Richard Harris,

rock legends The Cranberries,

broadcaster Terry Wogan,

novelist and playwright Kate O’Brien,

and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Frank McCourt.

But that has nothing to do with the fact that it’s Edward Lear’s birthday.

Please keep all those unfortunate bucket owners from Nantucket in your thoughts today.

And so it goes