husking-bee

The husking-bee and the quilting-bee afforded sources of much enjoyment.

The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 1, January 1886 Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, January, 1886 Various

The corn was gathered into the barn across the road, and a husking-bee gave occasion for mild merrymaking.

A Backward Glance at Eighty Murdock, Charles A 1921

They had solemnly sat in unwarmed churches; they had been present at elections; had seen men standing in the pillory or women whipped through the streets; they had diverted themselves at weddings or the husking-bee, or by walking in the woods, or by drinking in a tavern.

Beginnings of the American People Carl Lotus Becker 1909

He was "the life" of the husking-bee and barn raising, and was always present, often as a judge because of his humor, fairness and tact, at horse races.

The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln Wayne Whipple 1899

Half a million dollars gone up in frippery and flowers, and the bedizened gang didn't get half the fun out of it that a party of country yaps will extract from a candy-pulling or a husking-bee.

The Complete Works of Brann the Iconoclast, Volume 1. 1898

When David Newell, a prosperous Southton farmer living "over east," as that portion of the town was designated, invited all the young people in the vicinity to his annual husking-bee, every one knew that a good time was in store.

Pocket Island A Story of Country Life in New England Charles Clark Munn 1882

There is no modern "function" that has one-half the fun in it that an old-time husking-bee had, and no dance that can compare with an old-fashioned contra-dance enjoyed in a big barn, with one energetic fiddler perched in a corner for an orchestra, and six lanterns to light the festivities!

Pocket Island A Story of Country Life in New England Charles Clark Munn 1882

The stripping of the corn gives rise among some people, to what they call a husking-bee, which, like all the other bees, is one of Yankee origin, and is not now so frequently adopted among the more independent or better class of settlers.

The Backwoods of Canada Being Letters From The Wife of an Emigrant Officer, Illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British America Catharine Parr Strickland Traill 1850

"Why, I just came to tell you both that on Friday we're going to have an old-fashioned husking-bee for all the young folks of the neighborhood, at our place.

Hiram the Young Farmer Burbank L. Todd