harvest supper

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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

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

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

But, anyway, she isna going before the harvest supper o' Wednesday, and you must come then.

From Adam Bede by Eliot, George

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)