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Rushbearing

Rushbearing is an old English ecclesiastical festival in which rushes are collected and carried to be strewn on the floor of the parish church. The tradition dates back to the time when most buildings had earthen floors and rushes were used as a form of renewable floor covering for cleanliness and insulation. The festival was widespread in Britain from…

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Rushbearing today

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Rushbearing

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Triples106
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.01626
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related to Sources · 64
Rushbearing → Adamant Media Corporation, Alison, Boydell Press, British, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, Church-lore Gleanings, County, Dalesman, Derbyshire, Dutton, Dyer, Eighteenth Century, Elibron Classics, Elizabethan, England, English, Findlay, Flora Britannica, François
related to Rushbearing today · 25
Rushbearing → Ambleside, Cheshire, Cumbria, England, Forest Chapel, Gorton, Grasmere, Great Musgrave, Greater Manchester, Holt, Isycoed, Lancashire, Littleborough, Lymm, Newchurch, North-East Wales, Pendle, River Dee, Saddleworth, Sowerby Bridge
related to Rushcart · 6
Rushbearing → England, In, Lancashire, Morris, Rochdale, Rushcart
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Rushbearing → old English ecclesiastical festival in which rushes are collected and carried to be strewn on the floor of the parish church

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church rushes rush festival village yorkshire near isbn day century cumbria north old floor common used st lancashire one carried

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Rushbearingis aold English ecclesiastical festival in which rushes are collected and carried to be strewn on the floor of the parish church0.90text
Holtinstance ofUrswick and Warcop in Cumbria.Rushbearing is also found in some parishes in North-East Wales0.80text
Isycoed on the west side of the River Dee.Rush Sunday is one of the highlights of Bristol's civic calendarinstance ofUrswick and Warcop in Cumbria.Rushbearing is also found in some parishes in North-East Wales0.80text
upholding a tradition which goes back over 500 yearsinstance ofUrswick and Warcop in Cumbria.Rushbearing is also found in some parishes in North-East Wales0.80text
that found in lakesinstance ofprefers to grow in shallow water0.80text
pondsinstance ofprefers to grow in shallow water0.80text
along the edges of slow moving streamsinstance ofprefers to grow in shallow water0.80text
rivers.Common rushinstance ofprefers to grow in shallow water0.80text
curlewinstance ofIt provides habitat for ground nesting birds0.80text
lapwinginstance ofIt provides habitat for ground nesting birds0.80text
marram grass from sand dunes were used insteadinstance ofthen substitutes0.80text
Rushbearingrelated to Rushbearing todayEngland0.60section

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