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