. 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. , and was sunk in the ground up to the axle, beingfurther secured by slotches, and trestles under theshafts, so as to render it immovable. At noon, onThursday, the actual building of the cart began. Aniron rod, bent to the angle required, was fixed at eachcorner, and tied at the top, to strengthen the structureand guide the builder in placing the rushes. The bodyof the cart, having been filled with loose rushes, welltrodden down,
. 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. , and was sunk in the ground up to the axle, beingfurther secured by slotches, and trestles under theshafts, so as to render it immovable. At noon, onThursday, the actual building of the cart began. Aniron rod, bent to the angle required, was fixed at eachcorner, and tied at the top, to strengthen the structureand guide the builder in placing the rushes. The bodyof the cart, having been filled with loose rushes, welltrodden down, the bundles—the ends cut straight witha scythe blade—were laid, keeping the face as nearlyas possible to the curves it would finally assume, thelonger and finer bolts being placed with the ends tothe front and back of the cart only, and not trans-versely as well, as in the carts made in some twice the usual diameter also, they gave theedge a more substantial, but less pleasing, appearance,and, in addition, did not project so much as usual,being only six inches at the bottom, and increasing totwelve inches at the top of the cart; yet they were. UPPERMILL RUSHCART. (FRONT.) THE RUSH-CART. 83 further kept in position by having a strip of long,narrow white lath up each side. When the bundles inthe body of the cart were laid in their places, thestring: that bound them was cut, so that the rushesmight lay closely together, and were well presseddown, so as to make the whole structure as substantialand compact as possible. The usual height to whichthe rushes are piled in these small carts is from nine toten feet above the side, but, as the maker was deter-mined to make a finer and better one than that oflast year, he decided to build twelve feet. Thisrequired great care in consolidating the rushes andkeeping to the curves, any deviation from which wouldhave entailed a similar disaster to last year. Thisgreat height, for so small a base (six feet by four feet),as will b
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