tags: The Sanas of JAZZ, GINIKER, Mardi Gras, "New Second Line",
Ráig to Rag to Ragged to Ragtime to JAZZ.
Jasm, Jism, Grift, Gimmick, doozer, Buckaroos,
Buccaneer
, Pizzazz, Fizz, Fizzle, Sizzle, Big Butter and Eggman, Slum,
Racket Fluke Lulu, Yippie Ty Yi Yo Git along little Doggies, Hip,
honky, dig, jive, juke, Joint, Beat, Hoodo, Honky Tonk, Jim Crow,
Kid, Kiddo, Cracker, KKK, Baloney, and Dick are all Irish and many
misattributed to Wolof.
Karen Ellis Guest Lecturer
Honoring the work of
Scholar Peter Tamony
and The Sanas, the Etymology of Jazz and Dan Cassidy
The African etymology of jazz was fabricated by a New York press
agent in 1917.
Dat Ol' Jazz - How the Irish Invented Jazz.
Trace the etymology and sanas of the word JAZZ.(more
Book Reviews
are available to here)
The House of Fire
-
St. Bridgid's Teas (Jass) Heat
- the Origin.
St. Brigid
's Day. Bridget's fire (tine) is the thunderbolt (tine caor) of
fifth and sixth century Irish literacy. It flashes with the sacred
jazz (teas,
pron.
"jass," heat, enthusiasm, and passion) of knowledge. Tine caor,
teine caor, caor thine, Dineen, pp.163, 1200) The pagan Goddess
Brigid's feast day and the Xtian.
Juke Joint
- Drinking Shelters, Tippling Shacks, boozing houses. The word
juke is believed to be derived from the
African-influenced Gullah dialect
of the Southeast coast, in which jook means disorderly or wicked.
Boogie
- Borrowing from Irish into English we used the words boogie and
boogaloo to mean move fast or depart quickly with no reference to
music.
GINIKER WAS ONCE
A COMMON WORD
USED IN CONVERSATION
Greer Garson stars as the teacher in a boys schools who has lost
control of her class.
Her Twelve Men
She asks the
Gym Teacher
for his tips regarding classroom management techniques. The Gym
Teacher advises her to give the 12 boys in her class an assignment
that will get the boys
excited - enthusiastic and passionate
but he never says those words.
He actually says GINIKER in the movie.
Gin-i-ker
- Tine caor (
also spelled
teine caor) means " a fireball, a thunderbolt, a meteor, a
raging fire, lightning. "
He suggests that her classroom assignments are boring the boys and
that they need to be motivated. That she should prepare a task that
the boys would become excited about. In that context it is clear
that the Irish Word means Lightening which is The Source of Fire,
the heat, the enthusiasm - The JAZZ which means fire. Activities
that will fire up and would inspire the boys to motivate them. Give
them plenty of outdoor exercise plenty of pep and "giniker" which
means excitement - something exciting to do that is full of energy -
that produces combustible energy - makes them sweat, produces heat,
full of fire!
It does not mean respect authority! That was theprincipal of the
school sharing his classroom management advice.
AMERICAN NOVELIST Laura Z. Hobson (6/19/1900
- 2/28/1986)
She went to Jamaica High School in Queens, NY
Jamaica was named the best secondary school in America in 1985 by
the U.S. Department of Education. Among its students were columnist
Art Buchwald, director Francis Ford Coppolla, '50s doo-wop group The
Cleftones and much-reviled Brooklyn Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley.
Laura Kean Zametkin, daughter of Jewish Immigrants
whose Father
helped start the Forward newspaper in 1897, and
whose books appeared under the name Laura Z. Hobson is known for her
novels Gentleman's Agreement (1947), a study of anti-semitism, and
Consenting Adults (1975), about a mother dealing with her son's
coming out as gay, which she based on her own experience.
In the early 1930s she began writing advertising copy and short
stories.
She probably heard the Irish words in the neighborhood when she was
growing up. She studied at Cornell University and married Francis
Thayer Hobson in 1930.In 1934 she joined the promotional staff of
the magazines published by Henry Luce (Time, Life, and Fortune).
After 1940
she devoted herself entirely to writing, producing a total of nine
novels and hundreds of short stories and magazine articles, as well
as
co-writing the screenplay for the 1954 film Her Twelve Men
, starring Greer Garson. Where you can hear the word Giniker used in
context where the definition of this word is clear.
Citations, References, and Resources
The Sanas of JAZZ, GINIKER, Mardi Gras, "New Second Line", Ráig to
Rag to Ragged to Ragtime to JAZZ.
Jasm, Jism, Grift, Gimmick, doozer, Buckaroos,
Buccaneer
, Pizzazz, Fizz, Fizzle, Sizzle, Big Butter and Eggman, Slum,
Racket Fluke Lulu, Yippie Ty Yi Yo Git along little Doggies, Hip,
honky, dig, jive, juke, Joint, Beat, Hoodo, Honky Tonk, Jim Crow,
Kid, Kiddo, Cracker, KKK, Baloney, and Dick are all Irish and many
misattributed to Wolof. Census Information for New York and
California early 1900's. Remember in
1859
Philadelphia is the 4th largest city in the WORLD.
April is Jazz Appreciation Month
What does bebop sound like? How did jazz evolve? Learn about
Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, and others. See ideas for celebrating
jazz appreciation month and for studying jazz in U.S. history or
music class.
Orality - By 1660 only 11 books were published in Irish
[
1
]
Verbal Contest and Creativity
One of the major cultural differences between the white middle class
and ghettoized Afro-Americans is that the latter have preserved an
oral-aural world view
while the former have invested their creative energies and
imaginations heavily in books, in the typographic-chirographic
world. As we know from many recent works on media, this difference
is of much greater importance than simply illustrating the ability
or inability to read. In point of fact, there wasn't one Camingerly
resident who could not read, but reading simply did not enter their
lives very often.
Many ethnocentric judgments about blacks stem from the white
man's inability to understand or appreciate the creative aspects
of living in an oral atmosphere
.
He neither understands nor remembers the ways in which an effective
talker performer may strongly influence our attitudes. He does not
value words effectively used in speaking events enough to confer
high social status on the effective speaker. Good talking capable of
totally enlisting the attention and support of an audience is
something he regards as dangerous at its worst (associated with
demagoguery and dictatorship) or as insincerity at best.
Consequently, a good talker as judged by ghetto Negroes is often
regarded by whites as hostile and arrogant.
Book Title: Deep Down in the Jungle
Negro Narrative Folklore from the Streets of Philadelphia.
Contributors: Roger D. Abrahams - author.
Copyright 1963, 1970 by
Roger D. Abrahams
Peter Tamony helped a great deal with the Glossary
Publisher: Aldine de Gruyter. New York
Place of Publication: New York. Publication Year: 1970
ORALITY
[ . . . ethnocentric judgments (a stem from the inability to
understand or appreciate the creative aspects of living in an
oral atmosphere
.]
PETER TAMONY
Tamony
was first published in American Speech in 1937 and two years later
began writing a column, "The Origin of Words," for the San
Francisco Newsletter and Wasp.
Many of his etymologies were cited in works by H.L. Mencken, Damon
Runyon, and other etymologists and linguists. He often contributed
to "Among the New Words," a column in American Speech, and was
consulted by editors of the Oxford English Dictionary, Dictionary of
American Regional English, and Encyclopedia Britannica.
In addition to his collecting
Tamony was a jazz enthusiast and founded the Hot Music Society
of San Francisco in 1939
. The society hosted events by some of the most popular jazz artists
of the era including Lu Watters, Bunk Johnson, and Turk Murphy. This
interest in jazz is also evidenced by his large collection of jazz
magazines and journals. [
source
]
FYI: It was Peter Tamony who took Richard Farina to City Lights
and Ferlinghetti.
Etymology of Hillbilly
One possible clue on origin might be found in a pair of Scottish
colloquialisms,
hill-folk
and
billie
.
Etymology of Cracker
Cultural Slumming and Class Distinctions the "rednecks" and
"crackers" The Scots-Gaelic Sanas of Ku Klux Klan
Cracker (1) - A contemptuous name for a railroad worker who works
below or underneath a higher grade person. A slang term for poor
southern white trash.
Cracker (2) - One who is lazy, brutal, inquisitive, intolerant,
illiterate, ignorant, and of the lowest class.
Etymology of Hip
Slate's Hey Wait A Minute: The Origins of 'Hip'
12/8/04
Jesse Sheidlower, editor the Oxford English Dictionary discusses
the history of the word "hip." He challenges an assertion that the
word "hip" comes from Africa.
"Language is a virus from outer space." ----
William S. Burroughs (another from the BEAT generation)
Who is allowed to know?
The Roots of Thought and Failed Censorship -- Print, Power,
Politics, Literacy, Ballads, Plays.
WHO is allowed to write, who is allowed to read, who is allowed to
hear, who is allowed to print, who is allowed to publish!
It is now and has always been about our unknown culture makers -
shapers of our consciousness vs. the Owners of culture/ the Power
Elite who own the supply chain of money by thought control.
Henry 8th establishes treason by words, controls reading, and women
reading. Elizabeth grants a Printing Monopoly to certain people in
return for obedience to the authority of the church and Crown. First
to appear is cheap single sheet printed ballads extremely popular
that come directly out of the oral culture then goes back in.
Telling sensational stories with a moral purpose, warning the
readership with their punishment commanding them to repent.
Authentic Gospel Music Travels: Professor Ruff heard that Slaves
sometimes spoke and sang hymes in gaelic from Dizzie Galespie.
In 2003, Ruff visited the Scottish Hebrides and found remote
congregations worshipping in a manner similar to what he had heard
growing up in Alabama. No instruments, hand clapping, no stomping
involved.
Gaelic psalm (salm) singing lies at the root of all African
American music
. "Then I learned from experts at Yale that white Presbyterians in
the Highlands of Scotland sing the metrical Psalms as they appeared
in the Bay Psalm book, only translated into their native Gaelic.
Dizzy Gillespie often told me that his grandparents in the Cape Fear
region of North and South Carolina had spoken of slave masters and
the slaves they took to church with them speaking and worshipping in
the Gaelic language. I knew there had to be a connection."
Cowboy Poetry Explained
An essay by Hal Cannon , Founding Director of the Western Folklife Center
-
Watch the Video
- An amazing amalgam of language, style and code which forever would
identify Americans. It was a jazz of Irish storytelling and lore,
Scottish seafaring and cattle tending, Moorish and Spanish
Horsemanship, European Cavalry, African improvisation, and a
reluctant observation of Native American survival that can be heard
and seen in this way of life, even today.
John Lomax and Alan Lomax
cowboy song collector.
David Goldenberg Memorial Library
is housed in the Institute of Jazz Studies Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey
Record collector and film preservationist accumulated a trove
of more than 10,000 classic 78-r.p.m. records dating to the
1920s and '30s provided the Library of Congress with the only
complete sound-track discs for the classic 1933 film
The Emperor Jones
:
By murder & guile, a black Pullman conductor becomes THE
EMPEROR JONES on an impoverished Caribbean isle.
Louis Armstrong and his Savoy Ballroom Five
Frank Sebastion's Cotton Club Culver City, California brought
in Armstrong to front the Les Hite orch.
"Darktown Strutters' Ball" is a popular song by Shelton Brooks,
published in 1917
. The song has been recorded many times and is considered a popular
and jazz standard. The landmark 1917 recording by the
Original Dixieland Jazz Band
which was recorded on May 30, 1917 and released by Columbia Records
as catalog number A-2297 was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame
in 2006. There are many variations of the title, including "At the
Darktown Strutters' Ball", "The Darktown Strutters' Ball", and just
"Strutters' Ball".
George Alexander - In the gloaming 1903 columbia.mp3 692.00 KB
George Alexander - Killarney 1905 columbia.mp3
George Alexander - In the sweet bye and bye 1906 columbia.mp3 690.00
KB
Earl Fuller's Rector Novelty Orch - 12th St Rag 1917.mp3 984.00 KB
Earl Fuller's Rector Novelty Orch - Cold Turkey 1917.mp3 964.00 KB
Earl Fuller's Rector Novelty Orch - More Candy 1917.mp3 1.06 MB
Frisco Jass Band - Yah-de-dah 1917 (Edison Cylinder).mp3
Frisco Jass Band - Johnson 'jass' blues 1917 (Edison Cylinder).mp3
1.25 MB
Frisco Jass Band - Pozzo 1917 (Edison Cylinder).mp3 1,016.00 KB
Earl Fuller's Famous Jazz Band - Jazbo Jazz 1918 (Edison
Cylinder).mp3 1.21 MB
Earl Fuller's Famous Jazz Band - Jazz Deluxe 1918 (Edison
Cylinder).mp3 1.23 MB
Earl Fuller's Famous Jazz Band - Jazzin' Around 1918 (Edison
Cylinder).mp3 1.23 MB
Earl Fuller's Rector Novelty Orch - Down Home Rag 1918.mp3 860.00 KB
Earl Fuller's Rector Novelty Orch - Graveyard Blues 1918.mp3
1,006.00 KB
Earl Fuller's Rector Novelty Orch - I Ain't Got Nobody Much 1918.mp3
902.00 KB
Earl Fuller's Rector Novelty Orch - Oriental 1918.mp3 1,020.00 KB
Earl Fuller's Rector Novelty Orch - Out of the East 1918.mp3 920.00
KB
Frisco Jass Band - All I need is just a girl like you 1918 (Edison
Cylinder).mp3 1.12 MB
Frisco Jass Band - Cute little wigglin' dance 1918 (Edison
Cylinder).mp3 1.06 MB
Frisco Jass Band - Umbrellas to mend 1918 (Edison Cylinder).mp3 1.11
MB
Earl Fuller's Famous Jazz Band - Jazz de luxe 1919 (78 RPM).mp3
1.24 MB
Frisco 'Jass' Band - Night Time In Little Italy 1919 Edison
Cylindar.mp3 1.13 MB
DICTIONARY
MacBain's
Gaelic Etymological Dictionary Online: of Irish as well as Scottish
Gaelic.
The
Voices project
celebrates the diverse languages,
dialects and accents of the UK
.
This interview with a University of Liverpool dialectology and
sociolinguistics expert discusses the origins and history of
Merseyside speech and the "Scouse" accent of Liverpool. Includes
several audio clips and the results of a survey about accents and
voices.
BBC Language Lab
Gypsies are thought to have arrived in England during the reign of
Henry VIII.
People thought they had come from Egypt, and so at first called them
'Egyptians'. The name changed over the years to 'Gyptians' then
'Gypsies'.
The Romany language has its roots in Hindi
and has been adapted according to the host language. Many Gypsy
children today are bi-lingual, speaking Anglo-Romany at home.
Their culture has always been an oral (spoken) one, and the language
has never been formally recorded so there is no standard spelling.
Irish Travellers
When Gypsies arrived in the UK, there were already nomads here.
Until the 19th Century, Irish Travellers moved around in bender
tents and wagons and were commonly known as Tinkers.
The name Tinker
came from 'tinceard' which means 'tinsmith'. This came from their
ancient
pre-Gaelic language called Shelta
, which some Irish Travellers still use today alongside English.
'Irish Travellers' is a name society has given them, but their name
for their people is Pavee.
Many do not consider themselves to be Irish. They consider
themselves to be the indigenous population of the island of Ireland,
much like the aborigines in Australia and the Native Americans in
North America.
Irish Travellers and English Gypsies remain, for the most part, two
distinct groups.
The vardo (Gypsy wagons, caravans) Irish Travellers Galician
Gypsies in England Appleby and other Horse Fairs.
Sheldu (Shelta) Anglo Irish Creole used mostly by Irish Travelers
and their decendents in England and the USA
based on English grammer with Irish vocabulary.
Ireland: 104 million pounds goes on
Traveller
housing, education
~ Irish Independent 2/6/06
Geraldine Collins
The Gov't spent 104 pounds in 2005. Dept of Ed spent more than 56
mil. pd. on Traveller education over and above what is provided on
mainstream ed. Accomadation costs were more than 42 mil. pd in 2005.
There are 45 pre-schools for Travellers with 500 resource teachers
for them in primary schools and nearly 140 whole time in
post-primary schools.
English Words with Irish Roots
Ever used the word highfalutin'? Or abracadabra? Or bragged about
your brand new duds? If you have, you've been speaking Irish, says
Daniel Cassidy, co-director of the Irish Studies Program at New
College of California in San Francisco.
Gypsy Jazz:
Doug Martin Jazz and Gypsy Jazz Guitar
Genre of music evolved after American jazz came to Europe, created
by
Romani musicians
living around Paris in the 1930s.
Romany: Also known as Gypsies, the Romany are a people of Indian
origin who live across Europe. They emigrated from northern India
into Europe, likely beginning in the 11th century. By the 1500s,
Romany people had reached the British Isles and Scandinavia.
Romany in Europe faced discrimination throughout their history. In
the Middle Ages, they were identified with the "Saracens" - Muslims
who resisted the European Crusaders' invasions of the Holy Land -
despite the fact that the Romany were originally Hindu. Most Romany
adopted the prevalent religions of their new countries, however,
whether that was Orthodox Christianity, Catholicism or Islam.
Romani are widely known in the English-speaking world by the exonym
Gypsies (or Gipsies). The English term Gypsy (or Gipsy) originates
from the Greek word for "Egyptian", Αιγύπτιοι (Aigyptioi, whence
modern Greek γύφτοι gifti), in the belief that the Romanies, or some
other Gypsy groups (such as the Balkan Egyptians), originated in
Egypt.
The Gypsy Caravan
movie.
Snakes have always been a symbol of the Goddess
CHINA: The Legend of Lady White Snake
The legend of Lady White Snake is one of West Lake's most famous
legends. It tells of two snakes, one white and the other green. The
snakes after studying magic for thousands of years finally managed
to transform themselves into beautiful women. Once they had
succeeded in transforming themselves, they wanted to celebrate their
accomplishment by taking a stroll as a woman and her maid around
West Lake. During their stroll, it began to rain and the two huddled
under a tree near Broken Bridge to get out of the rain. Not long
after a handsome young scholar named XuXian walked past. Upon seeing
the two women huddling under the tree, he offered his umbrella to
Lady White Snake and her maid. The couple soon fell in love and
married afterwards. After their marriage, the couple started their
own medicine and herb shop. Since Lady White Snake had magic powers,
she could diagnose their patient's illnesses and prescribe medicine
immediately. One day when Lady White Snake was out delivering
medicines to the countryside, a monk named Fahai stopped by their
shop and told XuXian that he was married to a demon who would one
day devour him. He asked XuXian to visit him at the Gold Mountain
Temple, where he imprisoned him later. Lady White Snake upon her
return to their shop found her husband missing. She waited for him
for many days unable to sleep or eat. She finally discovered that he
had been imprisoned by the evil Fahai. She demanded that Fahai
release her husband, and the evil monk insisted that since she was
not truly human she was the evil one and he would destroy her. A
huge battle raged between the monk and Lady White Snake. In the end,
the monk managed to trap Lady White Snake in a golden alms bowl,
where she was forced to admit defeat. The evil monk imprisoned Lady
White Snake in the Leifeng Pagoda and declared that not until the
lake dried up, or the pagoda falls will she be released. The Leifeng
Pagoda did collapse in 1924 and some witness's claimed that upon its
collapse a young maid was seen helping a beautiful woman out of the
rubble. Currently, a new pagoda built in 2000 stands on the original
site. There are many legends associated with Hangzhou's West Lake.
It is a beautiful area dotted with pagodas, pavilions and temples.
It is easy to see why such a place has inspired many legends. It is
a place which inspires with its beauty.
St. Patricks Day
March is Irish-American Heritage Month and St. Patrick's Day 17th
St Patrick's day which as you know celebrates Patrick's success at
ridding Ireland of all the snakes.
Science: There never been any snakes in Ireland.
Boston Celebrates First Evacuation Day: March 17, 1901
the City of Boston officially celebrated Evacuation Day for the
first time. In early March of 1776, Continental troops managed to
move heavy cannon to the top of Dorchester Heights. When the British
realized what had happened, they knew they could no longer hold the
capital. The lowly Continental Army forced the British to evacuate
Boston.
One hundred and twenty-five years later, the Mayor proclaimed
March 17th, St. Patrick's Day, a legal holiday.
The city could commemorate an important historical event -- George
Washington's first victory in the American Revolution -- and
celebrate its place as "the capital of Irish America." Even today,
schools and government offices are closed on March 17th in Boston
and Suffolk County.
Listen to this moment
:
Read more about this moment
:
Visit Mass Moments to search past moments
The History of St. Patrick's Day
History and related information about this holiday celebrated on
March 17 in honor of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland.
Includes information about items associated with the holiday,
such as parades, the shamrock, leprechauns, and corned beef.
Also includes links to information about Irish travel
destinations and literary Ireland.
St. Patrick's Day Fast Facts: Beyond the Blarney
A compilation of facts about this holiday celebrated on March
17, which "marks the Roman Catholic feast day for Ireland's
patron saint." Includes facts such as that "New York City hosted
the first official St. Patrick's Day parade in 1762," and that
"Chicago is famous for dyeing the Chicago River green on St.
Patrick's Day." From National Geographic News.
Census Bureau's Public Information Office
Although not an “official” holiday in the United States, St.
Patrick's Day has a long history of being celebrated with parades
and general goodwill for all things Irish. The day commemorates
St. Patrick, who introduced Christianity to Ireland in the fifth
century. Because many Americans celebrate their Irish lineage on
St. Patrick's Day, March was picked as Irish-American Heritage
Month. The month was first proclaimed in 1995 by Congress. The
U.S. president also issues an Irish-American Heritage Month
proclamation.
FAST FACTS
ABOUT YOUR LINGUISTIC RIGHTS
- English and American Dictionaries do not include the origin
of the word Jazz is Irish 2006.
Back in print, 19th-century study dissects the plight of the
Irish
No ''equality of conditions" there, Beaumont wrote, for the
traveler ''meets only magnificent castles or miserable hovels,"
and ''misery, naked and famishing, . . . shows itself everywhere."
And the cause of it all, ''a cause primary, permanent, radical,
which predominates over all others," is ''a bad aristocracy."
Beaumont -- himself a member of the French aristocracy -- appears
to be ''England's advocate," as Garvin and Hess put it, until the
weight of the evidence forces him to conclude
''that Ireland was to the United Kingdom what slavery was to the
United States."
Paddy Whacked the Irish Mob
Long before the Mafia, Murder Inc., and the African-American
gangster, "Paddy" was plundering and pilfering the stars and
stripes. Once called the "National Scourge", "The Shame of the
Cities", and "The White Man's Burden", the Irish rose from hellish
beginnings riddled with disease, vice, and death. The Potato
Famine or "Ireland's Genocide" had wiped out a third of their
population--America offered hope. They arrived in swarms, starving
and destitute, with their notorious Celtic stubbornness and
toughness. In a land where man had to fight for his piece of the
pie and fight harder to keep it, "Paddy" was almost unbeatable.
From the 19th century gang wars to the 20th century wars with the
Italians, "Paddy" whacked their way to a mythical status. We trace
the legacy of the Irish Mob, deeply rooted in the diabolical power
trio of "Gangster, Politician, and Lawman" feeding and festering
off one another.
The Molly Muguire secret society was fighting for the rights of
the minors and who helped in the american labor movement.
All those excellent Guiness Barrell makers come over to america.
1867 Mother Jones - raising hell for workers rights, Irish Bowery
1871 Chicago Fire Mrs. O'Leary cow
1880's potato famine a Holocaust engineered by
english policy and the irish immigrants mostly went to the west
following the gold rush, copper, & silver opportunities.
Butte Montana was the most Irish City in America.
1884-86 Irish helped build the Statue of Liberty.
It was the IRISH who were the first true immigrants to america
with the exception of Jews who are by far the most successful.
Tamony Hall - Irish Voting Power to run a city, the green machine,
up the ladder of prosperity.
Stars and Stripes were NOT bowed to the King of England during
opening olympic ceremonies and a continued practice to this day.
1906 Irish Model used for the first Miss Liberty Coin
1494 english rum and by product molasses brought over to America.
By the 1860's Boston Irish used the molasses as a spirit base then
changed over to whisky which became the American drink of choice.
President Washington produced a rye whisky with Irish barrel maker
know how all the way up to the present Napa Valley wine makers
SEE
Boyes Springs
Million Dollar Baby - 4 Academy Awards Best Movie Oscar Winner. (
NPR interview
)
NYT 2/26/05
Fighting Words By WES DAVIS
Clint Eastwood's choice of nickname "Mo Cuishle" for the heroine
of "Million Dollar Baby," is a choice more fitting, and touching,
than you may suspect. ["It feels as if he's extracting a gift of
hope for her out of the bedrock of Ireland's nearly forgotten
language." ]
The Irish Mafia
were the greatest stars of the 30s, 40s, and 50s. The original
members of the club were Frank McHugh, James Cagney, Pat O'Brien,
and Spencer Tracy. In addition, the group at various times
included Ralph Bellamy, Frank Morgan, Lynn Overman, Bert Lahr, Lou
Calhern, Jimmy Gleason, Allen Jenkins, and Bob Armstrong. George
M. Cohan and Will Rogers sat in from time to time. They called it
the Boys Club, but since most of the "founding members" were
Irish-American, columnist Sidney Skolsky called them the Irish
Mafia.
New York's Irish Claim Nobility
About 400,000 city residents say they are of Irish ancestry,
according to a 2004 Census Bureau survey. Listen more kindly to
the New York Irishmen who assure you that the blood of early Irish
kings flows in their veins. At least 2 percent of the time, they
are telling the truth, according to a new genetic survey. The
survey not only bolsters the bragging rights of some Irishmen
claiming a proud heritage but also provides evidence of the
existence of Niall of the Nine Hostages, an Irish high king of the
fifth century A.D. regarded by some historians as more legend than
real. The survey shows that 20 percent of men in northwestern
Ireland carry a distinctive genetic signature on their Y
chromosomes, possibly inherited from Niall, who was said to have
had numerous sons, or some other leader in a position to have had
many descendants.
About one in 50 New Yorkers of European origin - including men
with names like O'Connor, Flynn, Egan, Hynes, O'Reilly and Quinn -
carry the genetic signature linked with Niall and northwestern
Ireland, writes Daniel Bradley, the geneticist who conducted the
survey with colleagues at Trinity College in Dublin. He arrived at
that estimate after surveying the Y chromosomes in a genetic
database that included New Yorkers. <snip>
The Crossroads Irish American Festival
is an annual event which celebrates and explores the Irish-American
experience and its creative energies, historical reflections, and
cultural expressions. This years Crossroads 2006 programming
featured Irish-American musicians, writers, scholars, social justice
activists, journalists, politicians, professors, law enforcement
professionals, nuns, community leaders, poets, and Nobel Prize
nominees.
Claoidheann neart ceart.
~ Force overcomes justice.
Beatha an Staraidhe firinne.
~
The historian's food is truth.
"It should be the chief aim of a university professor to exhibit
himself in his own true character -- that is, as an ignorant man
thinking, actively utilizing his small share of knowledge." ~ Alfred
North Whitehead
History and related information about this holiday celebrated on
March 17 in honor of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland.
Includes information about items associated with the holiday,
such as parades, the shamrock, leprechauns, and corned beef.
Also includes links to information about Irish travel
destinations and literary Ireland.
