Posted by Mark Dudley on July 14, 2006 at 16:41:19 from 62.255.32.12 user Whiteshill.
In Reply to: Bran-tub? posted by Pam Adams on July 14, 2006 at 16:19:12:
It refers to the children's attraction at fairs and fetes of a lucky dip where small gifts would be buried in a barrel or box filled with bran or sawdust or some such.