I thought the forum might be interested in a little insight into the 'Guy Fawkes'celebrations that have taken place on every 5th of November for the last four hundred years.

Here's an interesting article...

http://www.geocities.com/traditions_uk/bonfire.html

God bless

Sara

-- Sara (sara_catholic_forum@yahoo.co.uk), November 04, 2003

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-- Sara (sara_catholic_forum@yahoo.co.uk), November 04, 2003.

Thanks, Sara. I've always wanted to know the historical facts, and that page presented them in a clear and concise way. JFG

-- J. F. Gecik (jfgecik@hotmail.com), November 04, 2003.

Hi Sara nice to see you back, I live at the foot of "One Tree Hill" in AUckland NZ (U2 wrote a song about it) and have just returned from the summit watching the fireworks. Thanks for info nothing like celebrating the burning of a Catholic...errrrr hang on!

-- Kiwi (csisherwood@hotmail.com), November 05, 2003.

whoops he wasnt burnt at all, just hung drawn and quartered.

-- Kiwi (csisherwood@hotmail.com), November 05, 2003.