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)
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
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
The common meal, like the festival at the old tribal folkmote—the mahl or malum—or the Buryate aba, or the parish feast and the harvest supper, was simply an affirmation of brotherhood.
From Mutual Aid; a factor of evolution by Kropotkin, Petr Alekseevich, kniaz
Oh, I recited it better at the harvest supper; and you have no idea how the farmers enjoyed it.
From A Mere Accident by Moore, George (George Augustus)
