An Irish soldier in France during the last war received a letter from his wife saying there was not an able-bodied man left, so she was going to dig the garden herself. Pat wrote back, beginning his letter: “Bridget, for heaven’s sake, don’t dig the garden. That’s where the guns are.” The letter was duly censored, and in a short time a lorry load of men in khaki arrived at Pat’s house and proceeded to dig the garden from end to end. Bridget wrote back in desperation, saying she did not know what to do, as the soldiers had dug up every bit of the garden. Pat’s reply was short and to the point: “Put in spuds.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 11 July 1941, Page 7
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