rushbearing

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Rushbearing procession at Long Millgate, Manchester painted by Alexander Wilson, 1821

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Etymology

From rush +‎ bearing.

Noun

rushbearing (plural rushbearings)

  1. (historical) A rural festival when the parish church was strewn with rushes, between haymaking and harvest.