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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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LILIAS DAY, n.comb. Also Lillia's, Lily's. A holiday in Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire, on which was celebrated a rural fair and flower festival.Rnf. 1884 Glasgow News (31 July):
Yesterday was the anniversary of what was known as Lilias-day in Kilbarchan. For a period of nearly a hundred years it was customary on this day for the villagers to erect floral arches across the streets.Rnf. 1902 R. D. MacKenzie Kilbarchan 179:
In the eighteenth century the Fair Days — Lily's Day [3rd Tuesday of July, O.S.] and Barchan's Day [1st Tuesday of December, O.S.] — were great occasions for the pleasure-loving.Rnf. 1929 C. P. Lyle Poems and Ball. Kilbarchan 11:
In 1896 in welcome of the resuscitation of the Lillia's Day festival, which, however, was again allowed to lapse in 1898.