School: Rahan (roll number 9096)
- Location:
- Rahan, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Máire Ní Cholmáin
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- (continued from previous page)luck this means that as soon as he receives the money from the other man he gives him back one shilling or what ever he likes so that he wont take away the luck from him with the animal he sells.
- Cahirmee fair
is held in July it was once a very famous fair. Lots of foreigners used to come to it and it lasted for a week. The people used to buy horses in Mallow a few days before the fair as most of the buyers used to stay in Mallow. But now the fair is only held for a couple of days and so many people do not go to it now as before as there are fairs held on the first Tuesday of every month and there is also a big fair held every three months. People are not allowed to buy or sell horses now only in the fair ground and people have to pay money before they can go into the fair ground.
There also used to be a midnight mass before the fair on New-Year's(continues on next page) - Collector
- Hetty Frankling
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Mallow, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mrs Frankling
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Mallow, Co. Cork
