In September farmers carted their hops to Sturbridge Fair near Cambridge, the great market of the year, which opened in mid September. Poor Robin put the couplet down his calendar column in 1664, and the almanac was still printing it in 1740.
Hops to the great mart of Sturbridge Fair
Printed under 18 September · Stourbridge Common, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
No longer kept
Now Farmers with their Hops repair, To the great Mart of Sturbridge Fair.
From Poor Robin's Almanack, An Almanack for 1664, September. Read the original
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