Category: Ethnic Stories

IRISH DITCH DIGGERS

Darby and Clancy, a pair of Irish ditch diggers, were repairing some roadside damage directly across the street from a house of ill repute, when they witnessed a Protestant reverend lurking about and then ducking into the house.

“Would ye look at that, Darby!” - said Clancy. “What a shameful disgrace, those Protestant reverends sinning in a house the likes of that place!”
Both men shook their heads in disgust and continued their work. A short time later they watched as a rabbi looked around himself cautiously and then, when he was satisfied no one was spying on him, darted into the house.
“Did ye see that, Darby?” - Clancy asked in shock and disbelief.
“Is nothing holy to those Jewish people?” - Darby replied. “I can't understand what the world is coming to these days. A man of the cloth indulging himself in sins of the flesh. Tis a shame, I tell ya!”
A little while later they saw a third man, a Catholic priest, lurking about the house and looking around to see if any one was watching and then he quietly sneaked in the door.
“Oh, Darby, look!” - said Clancy, removing his cap respectfully. “One of the poor girls must have died”!

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