Dictionary definition: ‘BUSH’., burning

‘BUSH’., burning
1877 8 KILVERT Diary 31 Dec. [Bredwardine, Herefords.] After I had gone to bed I saw … a bright blaze sprung up in the fields … they were keeping up the old custom of Burning the Bush on New Year's Day in the morning.

1912 LEATHER Herefordshire 91. The ‘Bush’ is a globe made of hawthorn, which is hung up in the kitchen of the farmhouse, with the mistletoe, after ...

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