well dressing
English
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Noun
[edit]- A rural English tradition of decorating wells, springs and other water sources with designs created from flower petals.
- Synonym: well flowering
- 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 178:
- The Derbyshire custom of well-dressing is observed on the last Saturday in August, and there is a sheep-roast on the green on the first Saturday in September.