Acrobatic dancer

As soon as she had finished parochial school, a bright young girl named
Lena shook the dust of Ireland off her shoes and made her way to New
York where before long, she became a successful performer in show
business.
Eventually she returned to her home town for a visit and on a Saturday
night went to confession in the church which she had always attended as
a child. In the confessional Father Sullivan recognized her and began
asking her about her work. She explained that she was an acrobatic
dancer, and he wanted to know what that meant. She said she would be
happy to show him the kind of thing she did on stage. She stepped out of
the confessional and within sight of Father Sullivan, she went into a
series of cartwheels, leaping splits, handsprings and backflips.
Kneeling near the confessional, waiting their turn, were two middle-aged
ladies. They witnessed Lena's acrobatics with wide eyes, and one said to
the other. "Will you just look at the penance Father Sullivan is givin'
out this night, and me without me bloomers on!"