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| Guy Fawkes Night | |
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| Topic Started: Nov 4 2006, 03:14 PM (271 Views) | |
| discostu | Nov 4 2006, 03:14 PM Post #1 |
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Guy Fawkes Night tomorow do you guys celebrate too? what do you do to celebrate? |
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| Loseven | Nov 4 2006, 03:26 PM Post #2 |
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Said the man to the lady.
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Is Guy Fawkes celebrated even in USA? |
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| hellyes | Nov 5 2006, 04:08 AM Post #3 |
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god damnit
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Hmm, I'm gonna say it isn't celebrated in the USA cause I have no idea what Guy Fawkes Night is, I don't think I've even heard of it before. So... what is it? |
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| Loseven | Nov 5 2006, 05:08 AM Post #4 |
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Said the man to the lady.
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I only know it's an english festivity. I heard that people burn puppets at the end of the celebration, but don't ask me why, I studied it when I was at school some years ago. ![]() Stu, tell us more. |
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| discostu | Nov 5 2006, 04:33 PM Post #5 |
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dont even celebrate fireworks night or bonfire night? , more commonly known as Bonfire Night and Fireworks Night, is an annual celebration (but not a public holiday) on the evening of the 5th of November primarily in the United Kingdom, but also in erstwhile British colonies New Zealand, South Africa, the province of Newfoundland and Labrador (Canada), parts of the British Caribbean, and to some extent by their nationals abroad. Bonfire night was common in 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, in which a group of Catholic conspirators, led by one Robert Catesby, attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London on the evening of 5 November 1605, when the Protestant King James I (James VI of Scotland) was within its walls. The celebrations, which in the United Kingdom take place in towns and villages across the country, involve fireworks displays and the building of bonfires, on which "guys", or dummies, representing 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". The night is closely associated with the popular rhyme: Remember remember the fifth of November, Gunpowder, Treason and Plot, I see no reason why gunpowder and treason should ever be forgot. |
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| hellyes | Nov 5 2006, 06:05 PM Post #6 |
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god damnit
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Wow, yeah, never even *heard* of that! Well then, happy Guy Fawkes Night to you and whoever else celebrates. Obviously, some holidays are just for certain counties, that's definitely not one America observes. We've got stuff like, President's day (for Lincoln and Washington mostly, it used to be separate and we got off for both their birthdays but now its combined into one), Columbus day, Martin Luther King Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, obviously Independance Day (lol), and others I am not thinking of right now aside from the religious ones. Really, I'm all about getting off on Mondays.
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| Loseven | Nov 6 2006, 03:29 PM Post #7 |
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Said the man to the lady.
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So well, just to tell you something curious: in Italy we celebrate on the 2nd of June "Il giorno della repubblica" that would be "The Republic Day". On the 31st of October "Tutti i santi" that is "All the Saints" in english and on the 1st of November "Tutti i morti", in english "All the dead people". Then, on the 21st of march, we have "il giorno della primavera", "the spring day" and now I can't think of anything more.
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| kickstart | Nov 6 2006, 04:56 PM Post #8 |
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I was in the UK for Guy Fawkes Night a couple of years ago. I was taking a train North from London to visit a friend. It was night time and I kept seeing all these fireworks going off in the distance. I thought I was seeing things - I'd just gotten off a 10 hour flight and had been up for 24 hours so I was a little out of it. My friend told me what it was and that where she lived they set off fireworks all week. It was way cool. Set off some fireworks for me, discostu! |
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| hellyes | Nov 6 2006, 04:59 PM Post #9 |
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god damnit
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Are fireworks legal in the UK for regular people to buy? The state I live in, NJ, doesn't allow us to buy them but we go to other states and get them and bring them back here muahahahaha
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| discostu | Nov 6 2006, 05:16 PM Post #10 |
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yes they are legal you can get them ffrom newsagents we even sell them in the supermarket i work in |
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but we go to other states and get them and bring them back here muahahahaha
10:43 AM Jul 11