The priest in a small Irish village was very fond of
the chickens he kept in the hen house out the back of
the parish manse. He had a cock rooster and about ten
hens.

One Saturday night the cock rooster went missing and
as that was the time he suspected cock fights occurred >in the village he decided to do something about it at >church the next morning.

At Mass, he asked the congregation, "Has anybody got a
cock?" - all the men stood up.

"No No" he said. "That wasn't what I meant. Has
anybody seen a cock?" All the women stood up.

"No No" he said. "That wasn't what I meant. Has
anybody seen a cock that doesn't belong to them." Half
the women stood up.

"No No" he said "That wasn't what I meant. Has anybody
seen my cock?"

All the nuns stood up.