Of all the holidays in Australia after WW2, school children loved Guy Fawkes night more than any other. Our fathers had returned from the war in better or worse condition, but they all tried to give their children a fun night of crackers, bonfires and a guy.
I too only remember the first four lines off by heart: "Remember, remember the Fifth of November The Gunpowder Treason and plot I see no reason why Gunpowder Treason Should ever be forgot".
Ignoramus that I am, I had no idea that Guy Fawkes night was celebrated in Australia...but why not? After all, William Cobbett described the celebration of bonfire night in the American colonies in his journal 'A year in New England'.
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I'm with that poem, all the way.
I'm sure it would go down well in your neck of the woods! ;-)
Brilliant - I've never heard the full rhyme before. Shouldn't Guy Fawkes be heralded as a national hero? Discuss.
Of all the holidays in Australia after WW2, school children loved Guy Fawkes night more than any other. Our fathers had returned from the war in better or worse condition, but they all tried to give their children a fun night of crackers, bonfires and a guy.
I too only remember the first four lines off by heart:
"Remember, remember the Fifth of November
The Gunpowder Treason and plot
I see no reason why Gunpowder Treason
Should ever be forgot".
Happy holidays to you!
Ignoramus that I am, I had no idea that Guy Fawkes night was celebrated in Australia...but why not? After all, William Cobbett described the celebration of bonfire night in the American colonies in his journal 'A year in New England'.
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