Friday, March 16. 1C34
Daily Ncbrcskan
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OA, Paddy dear! and did ye hear the
news tha t gain ' 'round?
Tlie Shamrock is forbid by law to
grow on Irish ground!
No more St. Patrick 's day we '11 keep;
his color cant be seen,
For there's a cruel law agin' the
Wearing o ' the Green.
Ireland is a country rich in custom
and folklore. Three customs commonly
associated with Ireland are shamrocks,
the wearing o' the green, and St. Patrick,
as mentioned in the preceding nation
alist ballad.
According to Padraic Colum's book
on Irish folklore, the wearing of the
green became important when, in
Queen Victoria's time, Irish regiments
were forbidden to display the sham
rock, a clover which grows only in Ire
land. The shamrock, once an emblem
for the respectable Volunteers of 1 777,
was later used by challenging, rebel-:
lious parties, thus becoming a national
emblem, Colum said.
The shamrock is associated with St.
Patrick because he supposedly started
growing them, said Nancy Magee, a
native of Ireland who now works in the
Irish Shop at the Westroads in Omaha.
The three leaves of the shamrock are
also associated with the Holy Trinity,
she said.
In Ireland, however, St. Patrick's
Day is a holy feast day and there are
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not big celebrations like there are in
America, Magee said. .
However it is done in Ireland, people
in the United States generally cele
brate the day by wearing green, eating
corned beef and cabbage, drinking
green beer or just having a good time.
On St. Patrick's Day, Lincoln will be
offering a variety of ways to indulge in
Irish custom and tradition. -
Several restaurants will offer tradi
tional Irish cuisine. Some of those
include Grandmother's Skillet, 201 Sun
Valley Blvd. and 70th and A St.; The
Lincoln Exchange, 132 S. 13th St.; and
Brittany's, 227 N. Ninth St. They all will
have corned beef and cabbage on their
menus.
McGuffey's, 1042 P St. and Barry
more's, 124 N. 13th St., will offer Mulli
gan Stew, another traditional Irish
dish. ,
The Skylight Bistro, 235 N. 11th St.,
as a variation, will haw corned beef
cooked in clove3 and brown sugar,
cabbage-potato casserole, and two-fers
on Irish imported beer.
Most bars plan to offer green beer
and many establishments will have
appropriate live entertainment.
North VVynd, a band which plays
traditional Irish music, will be playing
at the Zoo Bar, 136 N. 14th St. The
"band, which broke up in December, is
getting together especially for St.
Patrick's Day, said Dan Newton, one of
the band's members.
Newton said the Irish music they
play consists of lively dance tunes, jigs
and reels, sing alongs and ballads.' It's
uptempo and lighthearted, he said.
The celebration at H. B. Brand's and
Patoots Saloon, 808 P St., will start at 1
p.m. when the Muskrats will play in the
courtyard. They will feature Irish dishes
in the restaurant and Irish spirits in
the saloon. Later in the evening, they
will sponsor a bad Irish tenor contest
and McGuffin will play. KXSS radio will
be broadcasting live from the establishment.
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By Eric Petersen
-Michael YVeller's Split (At Home and Abroad), a
play of modern sexual mores, shows at 8 p.m.
tonight and Saturday at the Nebraska Directors'
Theatre, 421 So. Ninth St., Suite 112. And the two
parts of Split are themselves separated by a fun
production of Lanford Wilson's Jkky, Ikky, Nye, Nye,
Nye.
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The LeHoi Brothers will appear toni-t tX the Zoo Bar, 133 N. 14th Ct. Their blisteriaj brand cf
rockabilly music has landed them a reccrdir.3 ccntract with Cclrstia Eecords. Cover chsrgs is
53.50.
Television "
Bananas, Woody Allen's 1971 satire of Ameri
ca's involvement in South American coups, will air
tonight at 9:30 p.m. on Channel 12.
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At the Sheldon
The first marathon screening of Berlin Alexan
derplatz will be this Saturday and Sunday in the
Film Theatre. The film will be divided between the
two days, with screenings set to get underway at 1
p.m. both days. There, will be a German dinner
served at 6 p.m. both days. Tickets are $10 for the
film, $6 for the dinner. Tickets are available at the
Film Theatre;
Parts 7 and 8 of the serialized version will be
shown today at 7 and 9:15 p.m. Admission is $3.
At the Kimball
Two free recitals highlight the week's agenda. A
recital featuring faculty members Robert Emile and
Elaine Ferguson will be tonight at 8 p.m. Organist
George Ritchie will give a recital at 8 p.m. Sunday.
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The Alpha Street Band will be appearing at
Chesterfield's,;3l5 N, 13th St.; as pah-ofia.QarC-.,.;
special Cover charge Ls $1.
Charlie Burton and the Cut-Outs will be spend
ing the St. Patrick's Day weekend at the Drumstick,
547 N. 48th St Cover charge is $2.
The Skylight Bistro, 235 N. 11th St., is now fea
turing jazz on Friday afternoons. The jazz duo Ben
son and Link provide the music between 4 and 6
p.m. There is no cover charge.
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Directed by J. Stanley Haehl, the two parts of Split
look at several couplings and uncouplings. The one
which concerns us most is the split-up of Paul (Noel
Schoonover) and Carol (Crystal Rudloff). The play
opens on a serious quarrel between them, appar
ently about a carrot that Carol poked a pencil in. It
soon becomes clear that the dissatisfactions of six
years of marriage are coming home. The mood shifts
quickly from anger hidden behind kidding jocularity
to mollified tenderness to blunt fury. Schoonover is
able to accomplish these mood changes well. Rud
loff was convincing in moments of attempted reun
ion, but was unable to convey strong anger. When a
more direct expression of the confrontational mood
seemed called for by the script, Rudloff becomes
ironic and cute.
Jealousy and unfulfilled hopes are at the bottom
of the couple's troubles. These problems are so dan
gerous that both seem anxious to avoid or ignore
them. When Carol tries to express why she is so
agitated, Paul grabs at her gesturing hands and says
he wants to make love.
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