[Rushbearing Cart Piled High with Rushes]
Liverpool Echo, 16th August, 1977,  p21

A ceremony probably unique in the country, took place last night in the picturesque village of Lymm, near Warrington...
...A significant feature about the procession was the inclusion of a rush-bearing  cart stacked high with rushes which were taken to the church to be blessed by the rector, the Rev. A.J. Birch.