Sure, but how badly we need some fresh rushes for the parlour floor!

Every day the floor was strewn with fresh rushes or dried moss or leaves.

Fleeces had been spread on a bed of fresh rushes.

Some children are bringing fresh rushes, tied in bundles, and they greet him by name.

This was thickly strewn with fresh rushes, and there was a rough table and benches.

Sprigs of holly decorated the walls, and there were fresh rushes strewn on the stone flags.

We have put fresh rushes on the floor.

And he should have fresh rushes.'

I will fetch an armful of fresh rushes from the shed and strew them here: I will sleep in the smithy.

In the hall I found the negress strewing the floor with fresh rushes, and asked her if her mistress yet slept.

The room was clean, with fresh rushes on the floor, and a fire burned in the fireplace, reducing the autumn chill.

So the women swept and mopped the cobblestones, and strewed the floors with fresh rushes and pennyroyal to clear the air.

At last the church was finished, and the village girls went gathering fresh rushes, fragrant herbs and flowers to strew the floor.

We had fresh rushes for our beds, and a hearty breakfast this morning, and were then placed in boats and taken up to Abbeville.

It took a moment to adjust to the darkness, but when he did, Finian saw they were in a large room, strewn with fresh rushes.

Fresh rushes covered the floor, and the room smelled comfortably of faint herbs and warm bodies.