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Anonymous: A Bawdy Limerick (date unknown; possibly 19th century)

The author of this doggerel cast in a traditionally humorous and often bawdy form is unknown. We cannot testify as to the accuracy of the comparison indicated. — Alice, the Anchovy Schoolmarm

There was a young man of King's Cross,
Who amused himself frigging a horse.
Then, licking the spend,
Which still dripped from the end,
Said, "It tastes just like anchovy sauce."

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