merrymakings

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The elders among the people tell the stories at their merrymakings around the camp-fires and within their primitive houses, to amuse and instruct the youth and children.

From Laos Folk-Lore of Farther India by Fleeson, Katherine Neville

What heartless merrymakings may I not have sent you to worry you, when soothing was the one thing wanted?

From An Englishwoman's Love-Letters by Housman, Laurence

Of English customs on this day the most interesting perhaps are those connected with the “Tander” or “Tandrew” merrymakings 214of the Northamptonshire lacemakers.

From Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan by Miles, Clement A.

P. 92 original "merry-makings" changed to more frequent "merrymakings."

From Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature by McLaughlin, Edward Tompkins

"What can we do without father?" the little girl exclaimed, thinking of the merrymakings of other years in which he had always been prime mover.

From The Spectacle Man A Story of the Missing Bridge by Leonard, Mary Finley