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Guy Fawkes
Remember, remember the fifth of November,
The gunpowder treason and plot.
I know of no reason
Why the gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot.
Ready for a quick history lesson? I promise it will involve gunpowder, treason and even a hanging!
On November 5, 1605, Guy Fawkes was arrested in the cellars under the Houses of Parliament in London with about 36 barrels of gunpowder. He was arrested, tried and hanged for attempting to blow up the British government.
Every year, on November 5, towns and villages across the United Kingdom hold Bonfire Night celebrations to commemorate the foiling of The Gunpowder Plot. These celebrations almost always involve fireworks. People also sometimes make effigies, or dummies, of Guy Fawkes to throw into the bonfires.
Mother Osprey Poem: The Witch of November, 1913
Illustration from The National Nursery Book (available through Project Gutenberg)
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Remember, remember the fifth of November,
The gunpowder treason and plot.
I know of no reason
Why the gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot.
Ready for a quick history lesson? I promise it will involve gunpowder, treason and even a hanging!
On November 5, 1605, Guy Fawkes was arrested in the cellars under the Houses of Parliament in London with about 36 barrels of gunpowder. He was arrested, tried and hanged for attempting to blow up the British government.
Every year, on November 5, towns and villages across the United Kingdom hold Bonfire Night celebrations to commemorate the foiling of The Gunpowder Plot. These celebrations almost always involve fireworks. People also sometimes make effigies, or dummies, of Guy Fawkes to throw into the bonfires.
Mother Osprey Poem: The Witch of November, 1913
Illustration from The National Nursery Book (available through Project Gutenberg)
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