merriments

John Cooper gave a croft for making of love-days (merriments) among Birmingham men.

How few now remain, "the sad historians of the pensive tale," of their bygone merriments!

In the midst of the merriments of the mutations of Time, Pierre hath ringed himself in with the grief of Eternity.

The custom of making fools on the 1st of April is one of the few old English merriments still in general vogue.

In the year 1588 Tarlton gave eternal pause to his merriments.