Yes, we did have a Guy Fawkes Night on the 5th of November! Here are some pictures of the day.
Special thanks to Panda for The Guy (made from rice trash and lots of imagination)!
Penny For The Guy:
You really have to have grown up in the UK to realise the significance of Guy Fawkes Night. As children, back in the good old days, we used make an effigy of Guy Fawkes and then take it around town saying “penny for the guy” to get money for the bonfire and fireworks. The 5th of November is a really big day in the UK and is usually marked by spectacular firework displays.
Gnome made a temporary camp, with bamboo, by the pond:
We had all our meals for the day out here. It was really quite lovely with the views of the pond:
Towards the end of the day, the wood was stacked in preparation of the bonfire:
Ooooh…great Bonfire!!
Got to end the post with this…
The Fifth of November
Remember, remember!
The fifth of November,
The Gunpowder treason and plot;
I know of no reason
Why the Gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot!
Guy Fawkes and his companions
Did the scheme contrive,
To blow the King and Parliament
All up alive.
Threescore barrels, laid below,
To prove old England’s overthrow.
But, by God’s providence, him they catch,
With a dark lantern, lighting a match!
A stick and a stake
For King James’s sake!
If you won’t give me one,
I’ll take two,
The better for me,
And the worse for you.
A rope, a rope, to hang the Pope,
A penn’orth of cheese to choke him,
A pint of beer to wash it down,
And a jolly good fire to burn him.
Holloa, boys! holloa, boys! make the bells ring!
Holloa, boys! holloa boys! God save the King!
Hip, hip, hooor-r-r-ray!