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strawberry festival † 
a social gathering, usually under church auspices, at which strawberries are served.
- 1879 The members of the Sewing Society in connection with Granville St. Church, intend to hold a Strawberry Festival, in the vestry, Queen Street, on Thursday, July 10th.
- 1942 I took it and didn't know what to do with it, any more than 1'd know that day of the strawberry frolic.
- 1954 Up-shore there were box-socials and strawberry festivals and small white box-like churches at Currie Head and Leeds.
- 1879 The members of the Sewing Society in connection with Granville St. Church, intend to hold a Strawberry Festival, in the vestry, Queen Street, on Thursday, July 10th.