rush-bearing

A form of rushbearing — A rural festival when the parish church was strewn with rushes, between haymaking and harvest.

Meanings

nounrush-bearing (plural rush-bearings)

plural rush-bearings

  1. alternativeAlternative form of rushbearing.
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