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fall supper
DCHP-2 (Oct 2016)
n. — Food & Drink
a fundraising supper held by a community group or church, usually in the fall.
Type: 5. Frequency — The expression is virtually restricted to Canada (see Chart 1) and to the prairies. While fowl supper predominates in Saskatchewan (see fowl supper entry, Chart 2), fall supper is most common in Manitoba (see Chart 2).
See also COD-2, s.v. "fall supper", which is marked "Cdn".
See also COD-2, s.v. "fall supper", which is marked "Cdn".
See: fowl supper
Quotations
1934
Rev. Roy Frid led the devotional exercises and spoke on Thanksgiving and Harvest Home. General business was discussed and plans for the annual fall supper made.
1957
He made the reference in a speech at the Junior Board of Trade's first fall supper meeting at the King Edward Hotel. The meeting started the service club's annual United Appeal collection drive in downtown Toronto.
2001
The Fall Supper or Harvest Supper has long been part of the life of many churches. South Peace is no exception.
2007
The term fall supper is of course a misnomer because it applies to any communal dinner in a rural community, regardless of whether it's actually fall or not. Go back a century and the name probably would have been fowl supper, as the wild geese, ducks or even the extinct passenger pigeon would have been served as the main course at a meal that usually features turkey in this day and age.
References
- COD-2
Images
Chart 1: Internet Domain Search, 8 Aug. 2012
