| 单词 | rood fair |
| 释义 | > as lemmasRood fair Rood fair n. Scottish an annual fair held locally on Rood day, either in May or September (cf. Rood Day n., b). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > large or public event > [noun] > fair > specific Rood fair1541 Mayfairc1700 1541 in A. Jervise Memorials Angus & Mearns (1885) I. 115 [The principal annual fair was held upon the Rood Day (the third of May) from which it had the name of] Ruid fair. 1685 Acts Parl. Scot. (1820) VIII. 504 Ane free fair yearly to be holdin..at the paroch kirk of Killmanevock upon the Second Day of September called the Ruidfair. 1790 D. Morison Poems 11 When lads an' lassies..Came to the Rood Fair jauntin. 1832 T. Carlyle Let. 17 Oct. in Coll. Lett. T. & J. W. Carlyle (1977) VI. 245 We despatched the animal to Alick, to make ready for the ‘Roodfair’. 1931 J. Buchan Blanket of Dark 86 Old John Naps was at the Rood Fair on Barton Heath. 1992 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 6 Oct. 9 Dumfries was busy on Saturday with the traditional Rood Fair taking place beside the market. < as lemmas |
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