Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of Scottish fairs & markets).
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†WEMYSS FAIR. At Dornoch on the second Wednesday of June (Sth. 1739 C. D. Bentinck Dornoch (1926) 281).
[Founded in honour of Lady Elizabeth Wemyss, Countess of Sutherland, in 1739.]
