Sentence:  Only one better feast do I remember, and that was when we gave the <WSD>arval</WSD> for the old master when he died of the dropsy. That was a feast if you like. Such a one had never been heard of in the Valley. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A funeral feast or wake at which bread and ale was served, traditional in Scotland, the North of England, and among the Norse.