thumb|A junior at [[Eton College|Eton fagging, illustration by S. P. Hall in C. F. Johnstone's Recollections of Eton (1870)]]
Fagging was a traditional practice in British public schools and also at many other boarding schools, whereby younger pupils were required to act as personal servants to the eldest boys.
- E. W. Hornung's stories about fictional gentleman thief A. J. Raffles (created in 1898) are narrated by Raffles's companion Bunny Manders, who fagged for Raffles in their school years.
Further reading
- Malet, Sir Alexander (1828) Some Account of the System of Fagging at Winchester School: With Remarks, and a Correspondence with Dr. Williams on the Late Expulsions Thence for Resistance to the Authority of the Præfects. Publisher: J. Ridgway
- Wickham, F. (1847) Fagging: is it hopelessly inseparable from the discipline of a Public School? Publisher: J Hatchard & Son, London
- Moberly, Bishop G. (1848) Sermons preached at Winchester College. Second series, with a preface on “Fagging.” Publisher: Rivington, London