| Summary: | tib's eve n Tipsey Eve, December 23rd. What a day! School is out. Christmas has begun . . . . Though I'm only guessing I've always assumed that the name _Tipsey Eve_ originated from this custom of the men going from house to house on the afternoon of December 23rd to test or taste each other's brew. Whether it did or not, when they returned home in the late evening or at night they were usually quite tipsey . . . December 23rd DNE-cit JH JH 11/73 G.M. Story Used I Used I 2 Used I Tib's eve, tips*, tipsy eve, Till Tibs Eve, Tipps Eve, Tipsey Eve, Tibb's eve
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