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)

Even now this habit, well known in this country as the "harvest supper," is the last to disappear.

From Mutual Aid; a factor of evolution by Kropotkin, Petr Alekseevich, kniaz

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

One day during the harvest season, when this rich farmer’s corn had been all cut down and housed, he invited the neighbors to a harvest supper.

From Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales by Baltzell, W. J. (Winton James)

"Her gift o' gab is what's goin' to be the makin' of her; mebbe she'll lecture, or recite pieces, like that Portland elocutionist that come out here to the harvest supper."

From Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith