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)
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
They were Irishmen, reapers, and were returning from a harvest supper at a farm five miles from St. Cross, upon the previous evening.
From Henry Dunbar A Novel by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
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)
"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)
