Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of Scottish fairs & markets).
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†PADDY FAIR. Also Pa(u)dy; Paldy. At Auchinblae in July (Kcd. 1710 R. Sibbald Hist. Fife (1803) 46, 1789 Dmf. Weekly Jnl. (28 July), 1813 G. Robertson Agric. Kcd. 405, Paldy, 1827 R. Chambers Picture Scot. II. 259, Paudy, †1957 Daily Mail (10 Dec.), Paldy).
[In early times and still gen. associated with St Palladius sent by the Pope to Ireland in 431 as the country's first Bishop, but this is disputed and others connect the word with a St Pawl or Paldoc, a British saint of the 6th c. See W. F. Skene Celtic Scot. II. 29–31 and A. B. Scott Pictish Nation 110–1.]
