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11-05-2006, 06:42 PM
Burn everything.
Enjoy you monarchy tollerant brits.
Guy Fawkes Night, more commonly known as Bonfire Night and Fireworks Night, is an annual celebration (but not a public holiday (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holiday)) on the evening of the 5th of November (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_5) primarily in the United Kingdom (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom), but also in erstwhile British colonies New Zealand (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand), South Africa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa), the province of Newfoundland and Labrador (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newfoundland_and_Labrador) (Canada (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada)), parts of the British Caribbean, and to some extent by their nationals abroad. Bonfire night was common in Australia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia) until the 1980s, (but it was held on the Queen's Birthday long weekend in June).
It celebrates the failure of the Gunpowder Plot (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunpowder_Plot), in which a group of Catholic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic)Robert Catesby (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Catesby), attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Westminster) in London (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London) on the evening of 5 November (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_5) 1605 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1605), when the Protestant (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant) King James I (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_I_of_England) (James VI of Scotland) was within its walls. conspirators, led by one
The celebrations, which in the United Kingdom take place in towns and villages across the country, involve fireworks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fireworks) displays and the building of bonfires (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonfire), on which "guys", or dummies, representing Guy Fawkes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes), the most famous of the conspirators, are traditionally burnt. Before the fifth, children use the "guys" to beg for money with the chant "Penny for the guy".
Enjoy you monarchy tollerant brits.
Guy Fawkes Night, more commonly known as Bonfire Night and Fireworks Night, is an annual celebration (but not a public holiday (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holiday)) on the evening of the 5th of November (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_5) primarily in the United Kingdom (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom), but also in erstwhile British colonies New Zealand (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand), South Africa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa), the province of Newfoundland and Labrador (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newfoundland_and_Labrador) (Canada (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada)), parts of the British Caribbean, and to some extent by their nationals abroad. Bonfire night was common in Australia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia) until the 1980s, (but it was held on the Queen's Birthday long weekend in June).
It celebrates the failure of the Gunpowder Plot (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunpowder_Plot), in which a group of Catholic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic)Robert Catesby (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Catesby), attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Westminster) in London (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London) on the evening of 5 November (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_5) 1605 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1605), when the Protestant (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant) King James I (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_I_of_England) (James VI of Scotland) was within its walls. conspirators, led by one
The celebrations, which in the United Kingdom take place in towns and villages across the country, involve fireworks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fireworks) displays and the building of bonfires (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonfire), on which "guys", or dummies, representing Guy Fawkes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes), the most famous of the conspirators, are traditionally burnt. Before the fifth, children use the "guys" to beg for money with the chant "Penny for the guy".