48/55 M. 117, 121-5, 160, 170-1; see Miss Sellers' note, _ibid_., p. 122, quoting W.Cunningham: 'The ancient Celtic fairs ... were a widespread primitive institution and appear to have been fixed for dates marked by the change of seasons.'-- _Scottish Hist. Review_, xiii, p.168.For instance, a document of 1509 ('For now att this cold marte last past, holdyn at Barow in Brabond,' _loc. |