. 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. bigged a bower on yon burn brae,And theekit it ower wi rashes. Twisted into ropes, the rush was used for securingthatched roofs, and for trussing hay and straw, beingmore pliant and stronger than ropes made of straw. The accompanying figure of an Italian rush-gatherer,from a drawing by E. Cecconi, is taken from the ArtJournal, 1885, p. 375. The word juncare—meaning to strew with rushes-is sometimes used in the West of England, whe
. 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. bigged a bower on yon burn brae,And theekit it ower wi rashes. Twisted into ropes, the rush was used for securingthatched roofs, and for trussing hay and straw, beingmore pliant and stronger than ropes made of straw. The accompanying figure of an Italian rush-gatherer,from a drawing by E. Cecconi, is taken from the ArtJournal, 1885, p. 375. The word juncare—meaning to strew with rushes-is sometimes used in the West of England, whenreferring to the custom of strewing rushes, evidentlyderived from the Latin juncus, a bulrush. Du Cangegives, Jtmcare, spargere flores. Jonciere is a bed ofrushes ; juncous, full of rushes.—(Ashs Dictionary,1779). Juncare (old Latin), to strew with rushes,according to the old custom of adorning (Baileys Dictionary, 1789). Joncher, to strew, tospread, or cover (as) with rushes.—(Cotgrave). Rush-bearings have been absurdly attributed, in theirorigin, to an anonymous festival, in which the Pagansexpressed their unity and concord by rushes. I was. - .1tlLv:.1*.&; if : wi «)S?<!i
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