Remember, remember the Fifth of November,The Gunpowder Treason and Plot,I know of no reasonWhy Gunpowder TreasonShould ever be forgot.Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, t'was his intentTo blow up King and Parliament.Three-score barrels of powder belowTo prove old England's overthrow;By God's providence he was catch'dWith a dark lantern and burning match.Holloa boys, holloa boys, let the bells ring.Holloa boys, holloa boys, God save the King!



Happy Guy Fawkes Day!

Happy Bonfire Night!! :cp

LOVE THE SIGGY!!!!

Yay! I just watched "V for Vendetta" last night :giggle.... totally didn't realize today was the 5th.

OMG, we are watching V for Vendetta in my British Lit class, don't anyone ruin it for me because we still have 20 minutes left :mumble Prof talked too long at the beginning of class so we couldn't finish it.

ok, this might be a stupid question, but i'm not the brightest crayon in the box, so i will ask anyways. what is all that about? my kindergartener came home with that poem today, and I was like "what the hell is this?" I asked him, but apparently he didnt pay to much attention in school today.....lol

Guy Fawkes was a member of a group of English Roman Catholics which planned to carry out the Gunpowder Plot, an attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament and kill King James I of England in order to destroy Protestant rule by killing the Protestant aristocracy, on the 5th of November 1605.

However, because of a leak the Secretary of State ordered an intense search of the vaults underneath the Houses of Parliament. And he was discovered just as he was about to set off the explosives. Fawkes was then taken into custody, and under the King’s command tortured for information. After several days of silence Fawkes finally gives the names of co conspirators (that had already come forth)

On January 31st, Fawkes and some of his co conspirators were tried and found guilty. They were to be hanged, drawn and quartered. Fawkes however, jumped off the scaffold and broke his neck. Therefore he avoided being drawn and quartered.

Since then Britons celebrate the failure of the Gunpowder Plot every November 5th as Bonfire Night. Where on many areas effigies of a "guy" are burnt.

Oddly enough, Guy Fawkes is seen as one of the 100 most influential Britons. The "Gunpowder Treason and Plot" led to more freedom for Catholics among other things (including some believe inspiring parts of MacBeth)

OMG, we are watching V for Vendetta in my British Lit class, don't anyone ruin it for me because we still have 20 minutes left :mumble Prof talked too long at the beginning of class so we couldn't finish it.


My favorite movie. Let me know what you thought of it!!! Pay VERY close attention to the next part.

Yay! I just watched "V for Vendetta" last night :giggle.... totally didn't realize today was the 5th.


Hee hee As did I. And guess what girl is about to watch it again???

:tuThis one!:tu

Remember Remember the 5th of November-Happy Bonfire Night!