A village so small it's barely a hamlet - but it does have one of the most unspoilt pubs in the area. No bar and the beer is served directly from the cask. There's a nice picture here - http://www.horshampub.co.uk/royal-oak-wineham.php

The name is pronounced as one would expect with the stress on the first syllable. It should be an easy rhyme.

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The name is pronounced as one would expect with the stress on the first syllable. It should be an easy rhyme.

Is the "h" in the middle pronounced? Is the "a" pronounced as in "hat" or as a schwa?

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Is the "h" in the middle pronounced? Is the "a" pronounced as in "hat" or as a schwa?

Doesn't it vary depending on how many pints one has quaffed?

Would it rhyme with "line 'em," if you might say, "line 'em up."

I am having trouble with it...

The middle "h" is not sounded, as is usual in UK English. And the last vowel is a schwa - again as is usual in UK English. Thus "Wine'm" - which is close to "Line 'em"

One perfect rhyme that I will point out is "Twineham" - a village not far from Wineham.

I've been away for three days having been stuck in London as there were no trains running into Sussex due to the snow.

I have only had a few entries for Wineham, so I'll leave it for a while before I post the poll. So come on all you talented limericists - get writing

Poor baby. Stuck in London of all places! Were the pubs open?

I'll try to come up with another. I didn't find this one easy.

Oh yes. The pubs were open all day - but sadly not all night. Nor were there any beds to be had in hotels. Fortunately I was with a business contact and she very kindly allowed me to sleep in her spare room on a put-you-up bed.

On Friday, as there were still no trains, her flatmate was good enough to drive me home.

Now the snow's gone from Partridge Green and we are hoping it will stay away!

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put-you-up bed

Is that a sofa bed?

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Originally posted by Kalleh:

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put-you-up bed

Is that a sofa bed?

Possibly. It's a brand name, in fact, like "Thermos", "Biro" or "Hoover" but it is commonly used in the UK as the name for any brand of chair or settee which converts to a bed.

Off work with temporary deafness, I've had time towrite one for you. I just sent it.

Still only a few entries

If it helps, remember that in UK English them combination of a vowel and the pronoun "them" is often abbreviated and in this form can create rhymes - bearing in mind that the last syllable is a schwa.

For example, the words "shine them" would be abbreviated to "shine'em" and that is a perfect rhyme for Wineham (which is pronounced "Wine'em")

Still only four entries

Just to show you how easy it is, here's one I prepared earlier:

The 272 goes through Twineham
But not through the village of Wineham.
Which is why many folk
Don't know the Royal Oak -
Though in hamlets it's pubs that define 'em.

Come on people, send him some more entries. It's about the easiest rhyme we've had in a very long time.

Perhaps it's the time of year?

I am away tomorrow and Wednesday so I'll take a look again Thursday. If there are no more entries, unless someone asks for an extension, I will post a poll.

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It's about the easiest rhyme we've had in a very long time.

Really, Bob? I had a hard time with it. I was trying to come up with another limerick, but couldn't. I'll try again then.

Only 4 entries? I must be in with a great chance then , because I've sent in 3! :-)

Nah - you've spread yourself too thin. They'll get one vote each, and the other one will win with 2 votes.

I really think it is an easy rhyme... any verb ending in "ine" followed by 'em

dine 'em
fine 'em
line 'em
mine 'em
wine 'em
align 'em
divine 'em
consign 'em
entwine 'em
underline 'em
countersign 'em

loads of easy rhymes

Sometimes there are "loads of rhymes" but it takes a lot to make it work...and then make it work cleverly. That was my problem with this one. But I did send in two.

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But I did send in two.

Damn! My plan for world domination has been foiled again :-)

I only sent one. You can't improve on perfection.

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You can't improve on perfection.

I can't wait to read yours!

As far as I am concerned this is as close to limerick perfection as you can get. I don't know when and where I first stumbled across it, but it has remained with me ever since. I believe it was penned by Anonymous:

The limerick's a form anatomical
And for space it is quite economical,
But the good ones I've seen
Are so seldom clean,
And the clean ones are so seldom comical.

Hi Richard,

With Christmas and New Year out of the way, I was just wondering when we might be able to finish off this game, and start another one.