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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Palm(e)-fair, n. In the south-west: An annual fair held immediately following Palm Sunday; ‘a two-day fair formerly beginning on the fifth Monday in Lent’ (SND, s.v. Palm n.² 2 (4)). (Cf. also Palm(e n.¹ 4 and Palme-sonday-fayre.) — 1585 Kirkcudbr. B. Rec. 204.
Of work he wrocht to him at the Palme fair lastwes 1585 Ayr & Gall. Coll. VI. 233.
Aucht dayis befoir the Palme fair of Wigtoun nixt 1661 Wigtownshire Chart. 134.]
[Also he grants them their annual fair, called the Palmefair, Midsumerfair, Lambas, and Mertimas fair 1668 Kirkcudbr. Sheriff Ct. Deeds I. 164.