merrymakings

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I may remind you that a man who would fain return unto and enjoy his own self ought not to indulge so much in merrymakings and festivities, but to think on death.

From The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti by Symonds, John Addington

His type, as it was found on both sides of the Border, is Autolycus, whom Shakespeare must often have met in the flesh about the 'footpath ways,' and at the rustic merrymakings of Warwickshire.

From The Balladists Famous Scots Series by Geddie, John

The elders among the people tell the stories at their merrymakings around the camp-fires and within their primitive houses, to amuse and instruct the youth and children.

From Laos Folk-Lore of Farther India by Fleeson, Katherine Neville

Of English customs on this day the most interesting perhaps are those connected with the “Tander” or “Tandrew” merrymakings 214of the Northamptonshire lacemakers.

From Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan by Miles, Clement A.

The now broken walls of the old Castle of Moncade on the hill have sheltered more glittering merrymakings than those of Kenilworth or Fuenterrabia.

From A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees by Dix, Edwin Asa