harvest supper

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The third group of instances consists of the harvest customs of northern Europe—the harvest supper and the rites of the Corn-mother or the Corn-maiden or the Kern Baby.

From An Introduction to the Study of Comparative Religion by Jevons, F. B. (Frank Byron)

Besides there's our old song that we always sing at harvest supper, where it comes in—'We'll drink and dance like Pharisees.'

From Highways and Byways in Sussex by Griggs, Frederick Landseer Maur

This was the night which had been selected by Sergeant Troy — ruling now in the room of his wife — for giving the harvest supper and dance.

From Far from the Madding Crowd by Hardy, Thomas

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)

And yet it was worth something, too, to be the one to authorize that harvest supper in the big barn, in the confidence that it would be anything but revelry. 

From Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster by Yonge, Charlotte Mary