...the 5th of November. Bonfire Night This night is known as Guy Fawkes Night, Bonfire Night, or Fireworks Night. What is it? “Bonfire Night”, formally known as Guy Fawkes night, is a night on the 5th of November here in Britain where citizens alight fireworks.(as an alternative to bonfires) It is a tradition that not many people know the story behind since many people just know this day as a fireworks day, and not know that it is a celebration. The Story There was an organisation called the GunPowder Plot who planned to destroy the parliament in order to eliminate King James as a protest to their views and replace the King with a Catholic Head of State and restore beliefs he thought should rule Britain. Their plan was to blow up the Parliament while King James was still inside, and the man who was placing and guarding the explosives situated beneath the “House of Lords” was none other than Guy Fawkes himself. Of course, he got caught and was sentenced to death (the traditional way to being hung from the gallows then drawn and quartered* in public) but Fawkes didn’t want his testicles to get cut off so he leapt from the gallows, his stomach opening and his guts spilling out before his eyes, but he died from a broken neck. His remains were sent to “the Four Corners of the Kingdom” as a warning to others about traitory. To celebrate the survival of the King, bonfires were ignited as celebrations. Now of course we start fireworks, but some still keep the Bonfire tradition. For example, last night as a crossover for Halloween and Bonfire Night I crafted a pumpkin man and created a bonfire to burn him in: As the saying goes: Remember, Remember, the 5th of November GunPowder, Treason and Plot. I see no reason why gunpowder treason should ever be forgot. Tirimisu *quartered: being pulled so much you split into 4 parts. My first thread guys so take it easy on me :cry:
Us brits are the only place to celebrate a guy trying to blow up the Parliament ️ Also isn’t the Nursery Rhyme remember remember the 5th OF November
...the 5th of November. Bonfire Night This night is known as Guy Fawkes Night, Bonfire Night, or Fireworks Night. What is it? “Bonfire Night”, formally known as Guy Fawkes night, is a night on the 5th of November in Britain where citizens alight fireworks.(as an alternative to bonfires) It is a tradition that not many people know the story behind since many people just know this day as a fireworks day, and not know that it is a celebration. The Story There was an organisation called the GunPowder Plot who planned to destroy the parliament in order to eliminate King James as a protest to their views and replace the King with aCatholic Head of State and restore beliefs he thought should rule Britain… Their plan was to blow up the Parliament while King James was still inside, and the man who was placing and guarding the explosives situated beneath the “House of Lords” was none other than Guy Fawkes himself. Of course, he got caught and was sentenced to death (the traditional method being hanging from the gallows then drawing and quartering in public) but Fawkes didn’t want his noggen to get cut off so he leapt from the gallows, his stomach opening and his guts spilling out before his eyes, but he died from a broken neck. His remains were sent to “the Four Corners of the Kingdom” as a warning to others about traitory. To celebrate the survival of the King, bonfires were ignited. In modern times we often use fireworks, but some still keep the Bonfire tradition. For example, last night as a crossover for Halloween and Bonfire Night I crafted a pumpkin man and created a bonfire to burn him in: As the saying goes: Remember, Remember, the 5th is November GunPowder, Treason and Plot. I see no reason why gunpowder treason should ever be forgot. Tirimisu My first thread guys so take it easy on me :cry: