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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of Scottish fairs & markets).
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COWAN FAIR. In October at Turriff in Aberdeenshire (Abd. 1795 Stat. Acc.1 XVII. 396).
[From St Comgan of Leinster, patron saint of Turriff, fl. 730.]
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