Three firework displays in one hour on bicycle, with my little Cannon ... uffffff
Forgive me poor quality and shaking as I was out of breath chasing the rainbow ;-P
Several traditional rhymes have accompanied the festivities. "God Save the King" can be replaced by "God save the Queen" depending on who is on the throne.
Remember, remember the Fifth of November,
The Gunpowder Treason and Plot,
I know of no reason
Why the Gunpowder Treason
Should ever be forgot.
Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, 'twas his intent
To blow up the King and Parli'ment.
Three-score barrels of powder below
To prove old England's overthrow;
By God's providence [or mercy] he was catch'd
With a dark lantern and burning match.
Hulloa boys, Hulloa boys, let the bells ring.
Hulloa boys, hulloa boys, God save the King!
There is also a second verse that completes the poem which is:[citation needed]
A penny loaf to feed the Guy.
A farthing o' cheese to choke him.
A pint of beer to rinse it down.
A faggot of sticks to burn him.
Burn him in a tub of tar.
Burn him like a blazing star.
Burn his body from his head.
Then we'll say ol' Guy is dead.
Hip hip hoorah!
Hip hip hoorah!
Guy Fawkes Night, also known as Bonfire Night, is an annual celebration held primarily in Great Britain, on or about the evening of 5 November. Festivities are centred on the use of fireworks and the lighting of bonfires. Some British Overseas Territories and parts of the Commonwealth continue to celebrate the occasion due to their links to the United Kingdom.
Guy Fawkes Night originates from the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, a failed conspiracy by a group of provincial English Catholics to assassinate the Protestant King James I of England and VI of Scotland and replace him with a Catholic head of state. The survival of the king was first celebrated on 5 November 1605, after Guy Fawkes, left in charge of the gunpowder placed underneath the House of Lords, was discovered and arrested.[1]
The same month the surviving conspirators were executed, in January 1606 the Observance of 5th November Act 1605, commonly known as the "Thanksgiving Act" was passed, ensuring that for more than 250 years 5 November was kept free as a day of thanksgiving.[2] According to historian and author Antonia Fraser, a study of the sermons preached on the first anniversary of 5 November demonstrates an anti-Catholic concentration "mystical in its fervour".[3] Each anniversary of the plot's failure was for years celebrated by the ringing of church bells, special sermons, and the lighting of bonfires.[4] From 1618, heightened worries that international Protestantism was fading in popularity, and renewed hostilities with Spain, saw English Protestants unify around what was then called Gunpowder Treason Day. This unity faded, however, following the marriage of Charles I to the Catholic Henrietta Maria of France—a union to which Puritans reacted by using 5 November to attack Popery. The celebrations assumed a new fervour during the events leading up to the English Interregnum, as Parliamentarians began to uncover or fear new plots.[5]
Following Charles's execution in 1649, the country's new regime was undecided on how to treat an anniversary that celebrated the deliverance of a Stuart king. Despite the lack of official approval, the day was marked still by bonfires and the use of miniature explosives, such as squibs. Official celebrations resumed after the Restoration, with the addition of new statutory anniversaries on 30 January and 29 May, commemorating the execution of Charles and the return of his son. Despite the official line that the event marked God's preservation of the English throne, commonly the celebrations served a wide variety of purposes. London apprentices began to spend the day attacking not only Popery, but also "sobriety and good order", demanding money from coach occupants for alcohol and bonfires. The burning of effigies was largely unknown to the Jacobeans,[6] until the burning in 1673 of an effigy of the Whore of Babylon, bedecked by the apprentices with Papal symbols. This was the beginning of centuries of tradition.[7]
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Lewes bonfire night, 5 November 2009by sanchosser15,832 views
ban it
rosine101 4 months ago
@rosine101
why?
sulikow 2 months ago
@sulikowThe reason is that they fall into the wrong hands,also why would any sane person want to celebrate the fact that the houses of parliment almost got blown up, by what was essentially a terrorist. yeah lets celebrate explosives, NOT.
rosine101 2 months ago
@rosine101
I agree with the ridiculous paradox (many of those in England), and yet... it didn't get blown up, therefore the remembrance celebrations of a lucky day. Any other ideas , how to memorise?
"Remember, remember the fifth of November
The Gunpowder Treason and Plot
I know of no reason,
Why Gunpowder Treason
Should ever be forgot..."
I'm pretty sure that if 9/11 could be avoided, Americans would also find some crazy way to celebrate... no need to put the stick up your ass ;)
sulikow 1 month ago