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)
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
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 Cobbold, Richard
"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)
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
