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ˈrush-ˌbearing
[rush n.1]
An annual ceremony in northern districts of carrying rushes and garlands to the church and strewing the floor or decorating the walls with them; usually made the occasion of a general holiday.
1617Assheton Jrnl. (Chetham Soc.) 29 At Whalley: ther a rushbearing, but much less solemnitie then formerlie. 1654Gataker Disc. Apol. 20 May-games, Whitsun-Ales, Morrice-dances, Rush-bearings,..and other sports. c1700Kennett in MS. Lansd. 1033 fol. 331 b, The wake or day of a Churches dedication in West Riding of Yorksh. is calld the rush-bearing of such a Parish. 1781J. Hutton Tour to Caves Gloss. (ed. 2) 95 Rush-bearing, a ceremony of carrying garlands or rushes to the church. 1810Ann. Reg., Antiq. 672/1 Rush bearing..was a custom which formerly prevailed generally in Cheshire. 1841R. T. Hampson Medii ævi Cal. I. 341 The festival of Rush-bearing does not always coincide with the feast of the dedication. 1894Times 21 Aug. 11/3 Rochdale, Aug. 20.—Rushbearing, the local holidays, commenced to-day.
attrib.1649in N. & Q. 9th Ser. VII. 294/1 Ringinge on the Rushbering Day. 1889Graphic 22 June 682/2 On rush⁓bearing evening the churchyard wall is crowded with childish figures. |