“A Skeleton Once in Khartoum” (A Poem)

The author and original publication date of “A Skeleton Once in Khartoum” are unknown; however, the limerick has reappeared in numerous Halloween-themed texts for decades, including Peter Pauper’s Limerick Book (1940), The Haunted House and Other Spooky Poems and Tales (1970), Halloween Crafts (1995), and How Do You Make a Skeleton Laugh? (2012).

A skeleton once in Khartoum 
Asked a spirit up into his room; 
They spent the whole night 
In the eeriest fight 
As to which should be frightened of whom.[1]

Works Referenced

“A Skeleton Once in Khartoum.” The Wordsworth Book of Limericks. Ed. Linda Marsh. Hertfordshire: Wordsworth Editions Limited, 1997. 412.
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[1] “A Skeleton Once in Khartoum,” 412.