. Rush-bearing: an account of the old custom of strewing rushes; carrying rushes to church; the rush-cart; garlands in churches; morris-dancers; the wakes; the rush. age jingles a horse-collar hung with bells, which forms notan unsuitable accompaniment to the ceremony. Robys description is so brief and inaccurate thatwe turn to Harland and Wilkinsons LancashireLegends, t for information as to rush-bearing in EastLancashire. They say : These used to have a real significance. The rushes were cut,dried, and then carried in carts to the churchyard. The rusheswere then strewn along the aisles of th
. Rush-bearing: an account of the old custom of strewing rushes; carrying rushes to church; the rush-cart; garlands in churches; morris-dancers; the wakes; the rush. age jingles a horse-collar hung with bells, which forms notan unsuitable accompaniment to the ceremony. Robys description is so brief and inaccurate thatwe turn to Harland and Wilkinsons LancashireLegends, t for information as to rush-bearing in EastLancashire. They say : These used to have a real significance. The rushes were cut,dried, and then carried in carts to the churchyard. The rusheswere then strewn along the aisles of the church and in the bottoms ofthe pews, in preparation for winter. Carpets and cushions (locallytermed wishons,) were then unknown, except in the pews of thewealthy. Barrowford rush-bearing is always held on the first Sundayafter the 19th August. This festival is still visited by vast numbersof persons from Burnley, Colne, Padiham, and elsewhere. Cheaptrips are run on the East Lancashire line from Burnley and Colne toNelson Station. Riot and drunkenness reign supreme. Rush-bearing * Traditions of Lancashire, 5th edition, 1872, note p. 1873, pp. 4 2 R USH-BEARING. Sundays are also observed at other places, as Holme, Worsthorn,Downham, etc., but usually not in so disreputable a manner. Mostof the clergy take advantage of those Sundays, and fix their charity sermons for those days. They thus obtain contributionsfrom many distant friends, who pay special visits to their relativeson these occasions. In Yorkshire these pastimes take the name of feasts. We have, however, to turn to Bamfords EarlyDays,: for a complete account of the rush-cart, andthe manner in which it was made : But The Rush-bearing was the great feast of the year, and washeld on the anniversary of the dedication of the church. At Middle-ton it is held on the third Saturday in August, or, if there be fiveSaturdays in the month, it falls on the fourth. From tradition, aswell as from the custom itself, w
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