In previous Thanksgiving columns, I’ve feasted on “turkey” and explored the peregrinations of “pilgrim.” But some of the trickiest turkey terms lurk in the Thanksgiving hymns we sang as children.

Thanksgiving may be most synonymous with the United States, but similar traditions of gratitude and harvest celebrations exist worldwide, many predating the Pilgrims’ 1621 feast at Plymouth Rock.

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WE ARE now into the wonderful ‘season of mist and mellow fruitfulness’, autumnal light and trees turning all manner of yellows, browns and reds. And for churchgoers this is when harvest becomes a ...