Limerick: Once a Privy Counsellor At Lord's

Limerick : Once a Privy Counsellor at Lord’s Once a Privy Counsellor at Lord’s* Watched a bowler* throw balls like gourds Convened judicial com.* Summoned bowler to come And sentenced him to eat bitter gourds. Lord’s : The Mecca of cricket grounds in London where the Marylebone Cricket Club has its seat. bowler : The player who lances the ball at the batsman ; yet during the act the elbow must not be bent – at the risk of being called by the Umpire a « no ball « , that is, even if the ball hits the wickets and the bails are dislodged, the batsman is not given « out.». *Judicial Com(mittee) of the Privy Council, the highest Court of Appeal in England (and the former British territories) until the Supreme Court was set up in 2010 to hear some appeals. The Privy Counsellor/Councillor is a Member of the House of Lords and a judge. © T. Wignesan – Paris, 2013