merrymakings

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His violin went everywhere with him, and in more than one of the little towns along the big river, people began to demand the boy fiddler who could make such gay music for their merrymakings.

From The Windy Hill by Meigs, Cornelia

"What can we do without father?" the little girl exclaimed, thinking of the merrymakings of other years in which he had always been prime mover.

From The Spectacle Man A Story of the Missing Bridge by Leonard, Mary Finley

Lady Washington joined her husband in February, and there was an added dignity to 197 the kettledrums and merrymakings in consequence.

From Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls by Madison, Lucy Foster

Neither she nor Toni took any part in the village merrymakings.

From True Stories of Crime From the District Attorney's Office by Train, Arthur Cheney

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