Husking Bee

The husking-bee and the quilting-bee afforded sources of much enjoyment. ❋ Various (N/A)

The corn was gathered into the barn across the road, and a husking-bee gave occasion for mild merrymaking. ❋ 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. ❋ 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. ❋ 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. ❋ Unknown (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. ❋ 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! ❋ 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. ❋ 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. ❋ Burbank L. Todd (N/A)