harvest supper
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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 Sir James George Frazer
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 F. B. (Frank Byron) Jevons
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 James Runciman
No small share of work fell to Margaret’s hands, who had to prepare the harvest supper for fourteen men, besides women and children.
From The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl by Richard Cobbold
Mr Burchell returned her a compliment for her intentions; but resigned her up to the chaplain, adding that he was to go that night five miles, being invited to an harvest supper.
From The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith
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