The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #97997   Message #1938755
Posted By: Scoville
16-Jan-07 - 05:27 PM
Thread Name: BS: BEER,BEER and More BEER
Subject: RE: BS: BEER,BEER and More BEER
Oh Be Joyful and Tanglefoot/Tangleleg are also old slang, usually for hard (and probably bootleg) liquor. At least as far back as the Civil War. Had not seen them appropriated for beer labels before, though.