Ligonier Jokes

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    Saturday, September 6, 1997
    Ligonier, PA. - There was an old woman who worked in a shoe. She
    saw a lot of tourists and knew exactly what to do.
    After 25 years of playing the "old woman who lived in a shoe" at the
    nursery rhyme-themed Story Book Forest at Idlewild Park, Nellie
    Gindlesperger is retiring at the end of the summer at age 85.
    She has spent her days crocheting in front of the park's massive brown and
    green boot, often putting down her sewing to talk to visitors.
    "So many of the little ones ask me how many children I have," she said. "I
    tell them that all of the children who come through Story Book Forest are
    mine."
    Gindlesperger, who in real life has five children and whose own mother
    played the role for 12 years before her, teaches nursery rhymes to her
    visitors.
    "They aren't teaching the youngsters nursery rhymes today," she said. "Our
    fairy tales are going to be more...

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