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A BUSTLE IN YOUR HEDGEROW

"A bustle in your hedgerow," the enigmatic line in Led Zep's "Stairway To Heaven" classic, has mystified music mavens for decades. Hopefully, the following will sprinkle a scintilla of elucidation and edification upon this cryptic conundrum.

A hedgerow is a hedge that surrounds many estates in Britain.

Bustle, or noise or activity, used in this sense, means a disturbance close to home. Something's happening in your world!

It's just a spring clean for the May Queen.

Spring cleaning is an old domestic ritual cleaning meant to do away with the troubles of the past year and prepare for the coming year, and often includes disposing of old, useless things that have been lying around.

The May Queen was a maiden chosen by a village to represent the hopes and potential for the coming year. She was a symbol of beauty, spring and new beginnings.

So here, as an analogy, the lyric refers to getting rid of old and outdated systems in order to allow progress to occur.

OR it can refer to menarche, or the first menstrual cycle, signifying that a girl is coming of age.

OR, it could mean that you have a fuckin' bee in your bonnet!
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by weave January 8, 2004
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jam busters

Jelly-filled doughnuts
I'll bring the doughnuts in the morning, but there won't be any jam busters! Last time we had them there was jelly left on everything!
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About as useless as a hat full of busted assholes

A put down in australian slang: when someone cant do their job or play sport properly.
-you see ol' Bluey over there, yeah he's been working here for about 15 years but he's about as useless as a hat full of busted assholes.
by Anthony Kitching October 11, 2004
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honkey buster

A small baseball bat used to ward off white trash. Useful in lay-a-way lines and tractor pulls.
by great cornholio September 1, 2006
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Bustle Punching

The act of entering a crowd with an erection and bumping into as many people as possible.
George was in a great mood. He just left a crowded elevator after cunningly Bustle Punching several women.
by 12Free4 December 9, 2010
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Corona Dust Buster

Wanking off so much during your kungflu lockdown you reach that final jerk dry busting leaving the balls empty and sore as fuck.
My roommate finally did the corona dust buster last night. He’s been using an ice pack all day watching Netflix.
by Dick Onchin April 11, 2020
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Heavenly Potemkin Buster

Potemkin's Overdrive Special in Guilty Gear Strive. He fucked your dad.
Joseph: Potemkin used his Heavenly Potemkin Buster to fuck my Dad.
Ethan: He fucked me.
Joseph: Bro what the fuck?
by Jebathaiusathan October 16, 2021
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