Author: FROST FAIR
Title: Hamptonne Towne. Froste Fayre.
Description: Hampton-on-the-Hill: printed by E. Makepeace, [1891] Handbill 260 x 210 mm. browned and chipped, mounted on card. Handbill for a frost fair at Hampton-on-the-Hill, Surrey. "A sheepe, verrie bigge and fatte, willen be roaysted by frye, on ye icse, near ye "Belle" Hille, Hamptonne Towne and opsit ye Ait de Garrick... sholde ye icse remayne... alsoe alle and everie canne comme and sniffe ye savourie odoure fromme ye roaste, and canne skayte and falle and slyde galore." Methinks he tryes too harde.

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