harvest supper

Example Sentences

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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)

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

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)

Years after that I was at a harvest supper with that keeper, and we talks of that affair.

From The Chequers Being the Natural History of a Public-House, Set Forth in a Loafer's Diary by Runciman, James

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