Hi Stan,
Tims sleeping at this time no doubt, so I'll take the liberty to fill ya in.
Back 1605 this cat named Guy Faulks and his cronies were gonna blow up the
House of Parliment in merry olde England cause they didna like the Protestant thing goin on,
as Catholiscm was their thing. So they pack all this Gunpowder in the cellar and Guy is guarding it
well anyhow he gets caught. They torture him and he spills the beans like coffee on a dock in Kona.
Then they're gonna hang him but he escapes the noose by jumping off the scaffold, but they're gleeful as
when he hits the ground he breaks his neck. the end.
Now every Nov 5 bonfires and fireworks are the order of the day(and night) along with celebrations of course.
That's the cliff's note version, there's more but all unimportant.
Tim may add a fact or more, but now you can rest easy tonight.
Cheers.
Mahalo Mr Bill for sharing your knowledge......
I've came across this info too..
Guy Fawkes is held on every November 5th..
Guy Fawkes night is also known as bonfire/firecracker/Bommy Night..
It marks the failure of the gunpowder plot.
The plot took place in the 17th century.....1605
The conspirators planned to destroy, The British Houses of Parliment
They hoped to assassinate King James VI & I
The penality the conspirators payed for their treason was....Hanged, drawn and quartered...
Quartered=Pull apart with four horses tied to their extremities..
When celebrated in the 13 colonies it was called Pope's Day....
I lived in Manhattan and Brookline Mass. and have never heard of this there..
Does anybody in the NE know if it is still held???
Sounds Groteque, but intresting... 36 barrels of gun powder?? Cheers...