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Rush-Bearing

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) A kind of rural festival at the dedication of a church, when the parishioners brought rushes to strew the church.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Rush-Bearing'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/rush-bearing.html. 1828.