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)

You are as much out of your place as a vintage wine at a harvest supper.

From Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

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

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

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