harvest home
Autumn crop festival
Harvest home is the celebration marking the end of the harvest season, or the occasion of bringing in the final crops.
The term evokes a festive gathering where workers and community members mark the completion of agricultural labor: The village held its annual harvest home with feasting and dancing.
The phrase can also refer to a hymn or song sung at such gatherings.
Reward for capture
- plentySufficient quantity, and then some
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- cropCultivated agricultural plants
- cornucopiaAbundance symbol, horn-shaped
fruitfulness · prosperity · plentiful · richness · overflowing · ample · fertility · productivity
Organized public celebration
- feastElaborate ceremonial meal
- banquetFormal celebratory meal
- thanksgivingExpression of grateful praise
- merrymakingLively, cheerful celebration
revelry · gathering · potluck · ceremony · pageant · fair · gala · fete
Descend under gravity
- equinoxSun crosses celestial midline
- pumpkinsLarge orange autumn gourds
- gourdsHard-rinded fleshy fruits
- orchardFruit tree plantation
cider · apples · leaves · chestnuts · hayride · apple-picking · cranberries · scarecrow
Appreciative state of mind
- thanksgivingExpression of grateful praise
- appreciationRecognition of worth
- blessingsFavors from the divine
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
acknowledgment · praise · tribute · contentment · rejoicing · hymns · prayers · offering
Those dwelling nearby
- villageSmall rural community
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- barnraisingCollective structure erection
- cooperationJoint action toward shared aims
kinship · solidarity · congregation · collective · gathering · parish · farmhands · laborers
Ceremonial set of actions
- customHabitual group practice
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
observance · legacy · rites · lore · preservation · ancestral · continuity
bounty
Reward for capture
- plentySufficient quantity, and then some
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- cropCultivated agricultural plants
cornucopia · fruitfulness · prosperity · plentiful · richness · overflowing · ample · fertility · productivity · wealth
festival
Organized public celebration
- feastElaborate ceremonial meal
- banquetFormal celebratory meal
- thanksgivingExpression of grateful praise
merrymaking · revelry · gathering · potluck · ceremony · pageant · fair · gala · fete · jamboree
fall
Descend under gravity
- equinoxSun crosses celestial midline
- pumpkinsLarge orange autumn gourds
- gourdsHard-rinded fleshy fruits
orchard · cider · apples · leaves · chestnuts · hayride · apple-picking · cranberries · scarecrow · amber
thankfulness
Appreciative state of mind
- thanksgivingExpression of grateful praise
- appreciationRecognition of worth
- blessingsFavors from the divine
grace · acknowledgment · praise · tribute · contentment · rejoicing · hymns · prayers · offering · first fruits
neighbors
Those dwelling nearby
- villageSmall rural community
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- barnraisingCollective structure erection
cooperation · kinship · solidarity · congregation · collective · gathering · parish · farmhands · laborers · sharing
ritual
Ceremonial set of actions
ceremony · observance · legacy · rites · lore · preservation · ancestral · continuity
- harvestreaping, wheat sheaf, reaper, reap, gathering
- farming traditionsblessing ceremonies, fertility rites, first fruits, barn dances, rain dances
- Medieval Festivitiesjousting, feast, banquet, tournament, coronation
- ritualsritual, rite, ceremony, sacrament, blessing
- British Folklorefairy, fairies, pixie, pixies, brownie
- Local Celebrationslocal festivals, regional fairs, county fairs, state fairs, heritage days
harvest homeplanting time
Period for seeding
sowing season · seedtime · spring planting · seed sowing · planting season
harvest homecrop failure
When fields yield nothing
failed harvest · famine · dearth · blight · poor yield
harvest, home, harvests, harvested, harvesting, harvester, harvesters, homes, homed