BONFIRE NIGHT or GUY FAWKES NIGHT
It is celebrated on November 5th.
It commemorates a failed attempt by a group of thirteen Catholics to blow up the Houses of Parliament and kill the King James I.
The group rented a cellar under the Houses of Parliament and stored 36 barrells of gunpowder. Guy Fawkes was in charge of the gunpowder.
An anonymous letter warning of the plot reached the authorities. They searched the building, found Guy fawkes and arrested him.
He was tortured and later executed.
That very same night, bonfires were lit to celebrate that the King was safe and the tradition has continued ever since.
Traditionally, English children used to make Guys to burn on the bonfire. A Guy was a life-sized model of Guy Fawkes made from paper, straw, old clothes...
The typical rhyme on Bonfire Night is:
Remember, remember the fifth of
November
gunpowder , treason and plot
I see no reason why gunpowder,
treason
should ever be forgot...!!
BONFIRE NIGHT RECIPE
YUMMY, YUMMY...
