History Main / BarnRaising

In Ye Old Olden Days, people lacked the sort of high-tech construction equipment that is standard these days for putting together larger buildings. Furthermore, smaller communities were generally out of the way from where large numbers of professional construction workers could be found. This could have left such communities in a bit of a tight spot when its citizens found themselves in need of larger buildings such as barns, town halls, and churches. Rather, they could have had these Ye Old Olden Day folks not been the sort of people who were really good at coming together for such activities as the Barn Raising.

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* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'', Buster becomes obsessed with the Amish. Not having the means to raise a barn, he instead convinces his friends to come together and raise a doghouse.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'' episode "Funny, You Don't Look Rhennish," the pair pose as Rhennish to a uncover the material sinusite, but are [[RunningGag constantly interrupted]] by barn raisings.

* A RunningGag in the ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'' episode "Funny, You Don't Look Rhennish."

-->-- '''Music/WeirdAlYankovic''', ''Amish Paradise''

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* In ''Film/{{Kingpin}}'', Roy tries to get a young Amish man to compete in a bowling tournament. To this end, he goes to the man's community and tries to live as one of them. That day, the Amish are putting up a barn, with Roy helping. Then the women call about dinner being ready. He lets go of the rope and runs, causing the barn wall to fall. The Amish are not amused.
* In ''Film/CanyonPassage'', the entire community gathers for a 'cabin raising'; banding together to build a cabin for a young couple. At the end of the day, the couple are married in the new cabin and the whole town celebrates.

* The second act of the musical ''Plain and Fancy'' begins with Amish men building a new barn while singing "How Do You Raise A Barn?" after summer lightning burned the old barn down.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' plays with this trope in the episode "Bart of Darkness," Homer Simpson buys a swimming pool kit and his whole family pitches in to assemble it. An Amish farmer appears to admire what they've built, which is a barn and not a pool. They get it right the second time.

* Fry participates in one while on the Amish Homeworld in the "Ghost in the Machines" episode of ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}''.

* Played as an OverlyLongGag in the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "Amish Guy", in which Peter blows up a barn, only for several Amish folk to rebuild it within seconds.

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* Makes a big dance number in ''Film/SevenBridesForSevenBrothers''.

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Commonly associated with both DownOnTheFarm and the UsefulNotes/{{Amish}}, a BarnRaising is a traditional communal activity where neighbors from all around would come together to help put up a barn (though similar activities could also result in the aforementioned buildings such as churches). Men will be found cutting lumber and putting up scaffolding, women will be found cooking and feeding the men, and children will be found getting the men water, moving the food from the women to the men, and playing. Of course, there can be some musicians to provide some music to liven up the work.

-->-- Music/WeirdAlYankovic, ''Amish Paradise''

-> ''"Hitchin' up the buggy, churnin' lots of butter''
-> ''Raised a barn on Monday, soon I'll raise another"''
--> -- Creator/WeirdAlYankovic, ''Amish Paradise''

** Episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E9AppleFamilyReunion Apple Family Reunion]]" [[AwesomeMusic/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic ends with one.]] It includes a square dance!