See quotation, 1850.
1845. “The Paring (or Apple) Bee” is described in the ‘Lowell Offering,’ v. 268–71.
1850. The Editor of the KNICK. knows what a paring-bee is, but some of his readers may not. It is a gathering of jolly boys and girls at a farmhouse to pare, quarter, core, and string apples for drying…. Give me the real paring-bee reels and jigs before all your waltzes, and Spanish dances, and bawdy polkas!—Knick. Mag., xxxv. 24 (Jan.).
