Guy Fawkes Night
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Guy Fawkes Night, also known as Bonfire Night and Fireworks Night, is an annual celebration on the evening of the 5th of November in Great Britain and several other "Commonwealth" Countries.
It celebrates the failure of the Gunpowder Plot, in which a group of 13 Catholic conspirators attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London on the night when Protestant King James I (James VI of Scotland) was within its walls — the evening of 5 November 1605.
Today's celebrations, which take place in cities, towns and villages across the country, involve fireworks displays and the building of a bonfire, upon which is burnt an effigy representing the most famous of the conspirators, Guy Fawkes. Children build popular or humorous dummies and once used to beg for money with the chant "penny for the guy" (no longer as popular as it once was - inflation?).
Remember, remember the fifth of November,
Gunpowder, treason and plot,
I see no reason why gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot.
Based on en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes_Night
Guy Fawkes Night
(best viewed large)
Guy Fawkes Night, also known as Bonfire Night and Fireworks Night, is an annual celebration on the evening of the 5th of November in Great Britain and several other "Commonwealth" Countries.
It celebrates the failure of the Gunpowder Plot, in which a group of 13 Catholic conspirators attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London on the night when Protestant King James I (James VI of Scotland) was within its walls — the evening of 5 November 1605.
Today's celebrations, which take place in cities, towns and villages across the country, involve fireworks displays and the building of a bonfire, upon which is burnt an effigy representing the most famous of the conspirators, Guy Fawkes. Children build popular or humorous dummies and once used to beg for money with the chant "penny for the guy" (no longer as popular as it once was - inflation?).
Remember, remember the fifth of November,
Gunpowder, treason and plot,
I see no reason why gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot.
Based on en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes_Night