Yes you are right anyman,
Water under the bridge and such.
I rem Kate when she had an ICQ No
November 5th is only celebrated in the UK
Captain Guy Fawkes a Catholic, stashed 8 barrels of gunpowder in the basement of the 'Houses of Parliament' in an attempt to blow them up.
The original Catholic majority in the UK were forced to renounce their religion by King Henry VIII, in favour of Protestism. Old King Henry got pretty mad, when the Pope refused to allow him a divorce to remarry.
Henry sent a message to the Pope, telling him in effect to get lost. And banished all catholic priests, and took all their property. And made the country Protestant overnight, virtually.
All catholics who refused to change to protestant were tortured or put to death in their thousands.
Mr Fawkes was 'shopped' captured, and horribly tortured before he could light the fuses.
He ending up carrying his intestines over his shoulders, before being hung drawn and quartered His body hung in a cage for all to see, until it rotted away.
Fireworks are let off in many Uk towns, celebrating saving the Parliament building. The biggest celebration of all is held at Lewes, on the anniversary of Captain Guy Fawkes capture where thousands of people (all professing to be Protestant) come in from all around carrying lighted flaming torches around the town before marching to a huge bonfire to watch an effigy of the present day Pope being burnt on the South downs.
It can get scary in the crowd, many people lost their hair etc. but its a time for bing drinking and roudyism and fireworks every Nov 5th
Dogs and pets are advised to be kept under blankets in a cupboard.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/4402828.stm AND
http://www.lewesbonfirecouncil.org.uk/history/index.html --------------------
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