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“Are you going to the husking bee tonight?” she inquired mischievously.

He was not on horseback, he had not expected trouble, in the middle of a husking bee, an occasion for frolicking and fun.

They’d have husking bees, divvying up the harvested ears into piles and racing to see who could get through theirs the fastest, sometimes to find a bottle of whiskey buried at the bottom.

A neighborly gathering of people who engage in united labor for the benefit of an individual or family; as, a quilting bee; a husking bee; a raising bee.

On that eventful evening, Mr. Simlins had a husking bee; and in his barn were met a fair representation of the Pattaquasset men and boys—especially boys.