harvest supper
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Oh, I recited it better at the harvest supper; and you have no idea how the farmers enjoyed it.
From A Mere Accident by Moore, George (George Augustus)
At the harvest supper or dinner the man who “carried the Pig” gets one or more dumplings made in the form of pigs.
From The Golden Bough by Frazer, James George, Sir
"Her gift o' gab is what's goin' to be the makin' of her; mebbe she'll lecture, or recite pieces, like that Portland elocutionist that come out here to the harvest supper."
From Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith
Often I have heard it sung in shrill, piping voice at harvest supper or barn dance.
From Tea-Table Talk by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)
Alas, the glad and sad times alike must die, and the dull prose of October follows hard on the wild jollity of the harvest supper, while Winter peers with haggard gaze over Autumn's shoulder!
From The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour by Runciman, James
