Saddleworth Rushcart celebrates the ancient practice of renewing the rush flooring in the public buildings (ie the Pubs and the Churches), by pulling a cart laden with rushes around the area and stopping at appropriate pubs. The cart is pulled by 80 to a 100 morris men, with another 30 to 40 acting as the brakes. Every pub they stop at there is dancing and a fair amount of ale is consumed. Great ham baps when they stop at Delph. A very colourful, great folk occassion, and a major event in the Morris calendar. The cart is build from rushes collected from the moors, and a new front piece is designed for each year.  

The man on top is dressed in Saddleworth Morris colours, stays on top of the cart the whole run and is supplied with his beer in a kettle.