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单词 plough feast
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plough feast
plough feast n. Obsolete (historical in later use) a feast held at ploughing time; spec. a ritual entertainment for the first ploughing of the season.
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1355 Manorial Documents in Mod. Philol. (1936) 34 50 Item, in expensis xxiiij hominum cum viij carusis ad precarium vocatum ploufeste ad semen frumenti sufficientem ad unum repastum.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 85 The Athenians had three seuerall plow-feastes which they obserued yearely.
1843 in J. M. McPherson Primitive Beliefs North-east Scotl. (1929) 86 The plough feast consisted of milk porridge made of oatmeal and sweet milk, and bread and cheese.
1894 Trans. Buchan Field Club 3 148 When the plough was first yoked for the season after harvest, bread and cheese were carried to the field and given to the ploughman. Such an entertainment was called the ‘Pleuch-Fehst’.
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