Transcribed from the Charles Clark’s Private Press 1847 edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org FAIRLOP AND ITS FOUNDER; OR, FACTS AND FUN FOR THE FOREST FROLICKERS. * * * * * BY A FAMED FIRST FRIDAY FAIRGOER. * * * * * A _DAY_ of fun and jollity.—_Tom Thumb_. * * * * * Contains Memoirs, Anecdotes, Poems, Songs, &c. with the curious Will of Mr. Day, never before printed. A VERY LIMITED NUMBER PRINTED. * * * * * TOTHAM: _PRINTED AT_ CHARLES CLARK’S PRIVATE PRESS. * * * * * FAIRLOP’S FRIDAY, 1847. The History and Origin of Fairlop Fair, with Memoirs of Mr. Daniel Day, the Founder, &c. THIS curious and interesting account, written by a gentleman of Essex, intimate with one of the descendants of Mr. Daniel Day, will afford us an instance of its being in the power of almost every man, to add to the felicity of his neighbours and fellow creatures. The subject before us, though in the middling rank of life, for a series of years had the gratification to see the hearts of hundreds annually rejoiced and made glad, by his means, around the old Oak, and thousands to this time assemble there, on the day he set apart for innocent pastime and rational recreation, so that the benevolent views of his heart were not buried with him in his grave: and, we most sincerely hope, while the spot whereon stood the far-famed Fairlop Oak is to be pointed out, the sons and daughters of freedom and hilarity will meet beneath the delightful shades of the Forest of Hainault, in commemoration of the Founder of the Feast and Fair, Daniel Day.