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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of Scottish fairs & markets).
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GOWK FAIR. At Kippen in Stirlingshire in April (Slg. 1766 Session Papers, Petition J. Ure (7 March) 4, 1890 J. D. Marwick Fairs 76).
[Associated with the coming of the Gowk or cuckoo.]
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