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

He appears to have been himself one of the people, a poet who possibly made his living by reciting poems of incident, and by singing at their merrymakings, though of this there is no evidence.

From Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature by McLaughlin, Edward Tompkins

The noise of resulting merrymakings sufficiently sought out and annoyed her ear.

From The Lady of Fort St. John by Catherwood, Mary Hartwell

The dance in Scotland called "Bab at the Bowster" is always the winding up at "kirns" and other merrymakings, and is most likely similar to the cushion-dance.

From Notes and Queries, Number 76, April 12, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George

You have become a stranger to your friends; you shun merrymakings; you keep away from the marketplace and from the dwellings of men.

From Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes by Zweig, Stefan