Talk:Rushbearing

A fact from Rushbearing appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 21 April 2011 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the ancient British custom of rushbearing (pictured) was opposed by the Puritans, probably for encouraging intemperance, but deemed acceptable by King James I in his Declaration of Sports?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2011/April.

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