harvest-home
Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- noun The gathering and bringing home of the harvest; the time of harvest.
- noun The song sung by reapers at the feast made at the close of the harvest; the feast itself.
- noun A service of thanksgiving, at harvest time, in the Church of England and in the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States.
- noun The opportunity of gathering treasure.
Examples
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By lucky chance we fell in with the country-folk celebrating their harvest-home.
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O baleful Envy! thou self-tormenting fiend! how dost thou predominate in all assemblies, from the grand gala of a court, to the meeting of simple peasants at their harvest-home!
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I danced with him last harvest-home; I know not why, unless for sheer good-nature; and now, forsooth, I am to have Boullin for ever thrust in my teeth.
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And so the good harvest was gathered in, and then, when the last sheaf was set up, and the laden waggon went slowly away from the bare fields, the harvest-home was celebrated.
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Old Berrichon airs were introduced with effect, as also such picturesque rustic festival customs as the ancient harvest-home ceremony, in which the last sheaf is brought on a wagon, gaily decked out with poppies, cornflowers and ribbons, and receives a libation of wine poured by the hand of the oldest or youngest person present.
Note
The festive meal of the harvest-home is also called the Mell Supper or the Horkey Supper.
