It seemed strange to Ruth that these people who had a moment before been so devout and concentrated in church should in an instant switch their whole thought to a day of eating and merrymaking.
"The Shepherd of the North"
Richard Aumerle Maher
The only guest who kept his chair, except Peter and myself, was a young fellow two seats away, whose eyes, brilliant with excitement, followed the merrymaking, but who seemed too much abashed, or too ill at ease, to join in the fun.
"Peter A Novel of Which He is Not the Hero"
F. Hopkinson Smith
Around her as she approached the meeting, the palace dignitaries were still celebrating, for it had been declared a day of feasting, and the sounds of continual merrymaking were on every hand.
"Si'Wren of the Patriarchs"
Roland Cheney