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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of Scottish fairs & markets).
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DUSTAN FAIR. At Old Deer in Abd. in December (Abd. a.1744 W. Macfarlane Geog. Coll. (S.H.S.) III. 226, 1845 Stat. Acc.2 XII. 164). Dustan Day (Abd. 1707 J. Cranna Fraserburgh (1914) 106) is 15 Dec.
[From St Drostan, a Pictish saint, patron of the parish, fl. c.550.]
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