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?
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