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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of Scottish fairs & markets).
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LADY MARY('S) FAIR. In Dundee in August (Ags. 1925 A. H. Millar Glimpses Old Dundee 54, †1950 Scots Mag. (Oct.) 53).
[On the day of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, patron saint of Dundee.]