| Summary: | tib's eve n an old English expression, equivalent to the "GReek Kalends," meaning never. The origin of the phrase is disputed. The word _Tib_ is said to have been a corruption of the proper name Tabitha. .it came to signify a prostitute.But St. Tib is supposed by some to be a corruption of St. Ubes, which again is said to be a corruption of Setubal. To me the natural explanation seems to be, that from the utter unlikelihood of such a woman being canonized, persons would naturally refer to her fes- tival as a time that would never come. Old English expression meaning never. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M. Story July 1959 see _Tibs Eve_ 'Tips Eve' Used I Used I 1 Used I Tib's eve, tips*, tipsy eve, Till Tibs Eve, Tipps Eve, Tipsey Eve, Tibb's eve
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