merrymakings

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His type, as it was found on both sides of the Border, is Autolycus, whom Shakespeare must often have met in the flesh about the 'footpath ways,' and at the rustic merrymakings of Warwickshire.

From The Balladists Famous Scots Series by Geddie, John

Neither she nor Toni took any part in the village merrymakings.

From True Stories of Crime From the District Attorney's Office by Train, Arthur Cheney

That day had been chosen for the dance in the forest, one of the two merrymakings dearest to the hearts of those earliest Kentuckians.

From Round Anvil Rock A Romance by Banks, Nancy Huston

But when the merrymakings and ringing of bells were over in all the land, the sea-people woke up to their feasts and dances.

From Granny's Wonderful Chair by Dixon, Arthur A.

She thought of English merrymakings, of the games with apples, of the curious old stories and songs that she had heard on such nights as this in her girlhood.

From Harper's Round Table, October 29, 1895 by Various