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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of Scottish fairs & markets).
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COMBSDAY. Also Colmsday. In June at Largs in Ayrshire (Bte. 1718 Session Bk. Rothesay (1931) 334, 1795 Stat. Acc.1 XVII. 518, a.1852 A. Aitken Poems 82 note, Colmsday, Ayr. 1975). [′kumzde]
[From St Colm (Columba), the patron saint of Largs.]
