harvest supper

Example Sentences

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"Evy Austen put it into poetry, the eldest of the girls, and they made me recite it at the harvest supper."

From A Mere Accident by Moore, George (George Augustus)

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)

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

He would have a jolly wedding, a harvest supper and a wedding feast in one: a tent in the home close, and a band for dancing, and a great feast out of doors.

From The Rainbow by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)

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 Goldsmith, Oliver