diff --git a/games/fortune/datfiles/limerick b/games/fortune/datfiles/limerick
index 77368c585eb..83e58bdf23b 100644
--- a/games/fortune/datfiles/limerick
+++ b/games/fortune/datfiles/limerick
@@ -1702,7 +1702,7 @@ Who valued her morals too dearly
 	Only once every year,
 And she strained her vagina severely.
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-And earnest young woman in Thrace
+An earnest young woman in Thrace
 Said, "Darling, that's not the right place!"
 	So he gave her a thwack,
 	And did on her back,