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To: Alex Murphy

Remember, remember the 5th of November,
The gunpowder treason and plot.
I see no reason that gunpowder treason should ever be forgot!

Guy Fawkes Night is bonfires/fireworks night in Britain. Kids also used to create an effigy of Fawkes and wheel him around in a wagon, ringing doorbells and asking ‘penny for the Guy?’. Sometimes the effigy is burned in the bonfire.


3 posted on 11/05/2013 9:56:25 AM PST by originalbuckeye (Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy)
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To: originalbuckeye

I once traveled from Stratford upon Avon to London on the evening of Nov. 5th; to see the bonfires across the country was very beautiful and evocative. My British facebook friends are currently complaining about the fireworks.


8 posted on 11/05/2013 11:16:24 AM PST by miss marmelstein (Richard Lives Yet!)
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To: originalbuckeye

it’s always burned and kids make a decent amount of money off Guy Fawkes before they burn him.
Also kids from different areas collect wood and then protect their bonfire wood from other kids who are after stealing it.
Toffee apples, fireworks, pomegranate black peas are eaten.

Kids also sing that gunpowder treason should never be forgot too.Also they stand outside of pubs, shops etc saying penny for the guy


9 posted on 11/05/2013 12:13:25 PM PST by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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