Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
SHEBEENING
Etymology
Noun
shebeening (uncountable)
The operation of a shebeen.
Source: Wiktionary
SHEBEEN
She*been", n. Etym: [Of Irish origin; cf. Ir. seapa a shop.]
Definition: A low public house; especially, a place where spirits and other excisable liquors are illegally and privately sold. [Ireland]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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