'Going to the Fair with it!. A Cant Phrase for doing any thing in an extravagant way - Known it is presumed to most persons', 1837. A boy balances on a pole labelled 'Irish Corporation Bill - Majority 80'. A fellow perfomer swallows a sword labelled 'Repeal'. On the ground are written the words 'Irish Tithes' and 'Appropriation Clause'. Satirical cartoon on British-Irish politics by 'H.B.' (John Doyle). [Thomas McLean, London, 1837]