he who smelt it...

i was perusing my favourite dictionary while doing 300 crunches to make my abs look awesome, and came across this gemma°:

randle (răn’dəl) - n. a nonsensical poem recited by irish schoolboys as an apology for farting at a friend.

i immediately consulted the OED to find out more… but nothing. nothing more on the internet either—just amateur dictionaries that have the same definition word for word.

RATS! i want to know if the nonsense poem has specific words or any uttering will do. is one allowed to rip one in the vacinity of one’s good pal and then recite jabberwocky and everything will be congenial again? also, why would this randle placate the poor feller who has just been farted upon? it would have to be a pretty awesome poem to keep me from wailing on my assailant—something by the likes of marvell or donne (before he sold out and started getting hot and heavy with all the god stuff).