"There it is b'y. We spent all Tib's Eve out traipsing around all night with a bunch of Townies. We had some time, we were even did some twacking down on Water Street.
--------
there it is - the truth
Tib's Eve - December 23rd (also called Tipsy Eve or Tip's Eve)
time - a social gathering or party
touton - A Newfoundland delicacy of fried bread dough. Bread dough is
fried in butter in a pancake type manner and then covered with butter and molasses Rock Recipes, has a great recipe here
townie - anyone who lives in St. John's
traipse - walk
trigger mitt - a wool mitten with a separate finger for pulling the trigger of a gun (also called finger mitt, trigger finger mitt, thumb glutton)
twack - to visit stores with no intention of buying anything
twenty sixer - a 26-oz bottle of an alcoholic beverage. Since conversion to the metric system its now 750ml or 26.4 0z
-----
Moe if you're reading today, Happy Birthday!
