Talk:Fagging

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[edit] Unofficial fagging

"Nevertheless, unofficial fagging is still quite common in many English schools." I live in England and have never heard of this; indeed I've only ever heard of fagging existing in (a small minority) of what we call "public" schools (i.e. a select few private schools). In the absence of any reference I've removed this statement. 64.103.93.95 (talk) 19:41, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Anarchy?

Is the author using anarchy in the correct sense of the word? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.69.14.35 (talk) 07:21, 21 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Girls?

I seem to remember girls in the Malory Towers and/or St Clare's books fagging for older girls - at present, the article makes it sound like it only happened to boys. Did girls do it, too? -- Dandelions 23:02, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

While hardly a credible historical source, "fagged out" is used in the Schoolgirls Own annual 1927. But this is in a story written (most likely) by Charles Hamilton, who also wrote stories set in Boy's schools, most famously Greyfriars (with Billy Bunter) and St Jim's. The story doesnt mention any younger girls "fagging" for older girls as such, but i'll carry on reading XD. Speaking of which there are far too few articles relating to the world of Charles Hamilton's stories, each school seems to have had a full cast of characters, a nearby rival school with it's own characters, and also a nearby village with yet more recurring shopkeepers and working-class urchins... and there was at least 4 schools (Greyfriars, St Jim's, Cliff house and Morcove), along with at least 1 more (Rookwood) which was only seen on certian occasions 86.158.27.179 (talk) 16:50, 18 December 2007 (UTC)