For the first time in his life, Philemon goes to a shebeen (an illegal speakeasy). Philemon stays at the shebeen all day, leaving Matilda alone with her thoughts and fears. After she is properly embarrassed, Philemon goes with her friends to a shebeen. Like many traditional Irish words, shebeen has persisted in Newfoundland. He worked at Menoufia University and Shebeen Al Koum Menoufia University. After the uncomfortable dinner, the friends decide to go to a local shebeen to dance. They called it, crudely, and no doubt unfairly, "The Shebeen". Other hotspots include Digby's Bar and Restaurant and Jimmy's Shebeen. To make ends meet, his mother ran a shebeen. Chauke started his band with 13 singers from a shebeen in the late 1970s . Joyce, who is the "shebeen queen", falls for King ("Back of the Moon").