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angevin2

the only man to enter Parliament with honorable intentions

Nov 05, 2007 13:59

The Gunpowder Plot arose in the following way: the King had recently invented a new table called Avoirduroi, which said:

I New Presbyter = I OLD PRIEST.
o Bishop = o King.James was always repeating 'No Bishop, No King', to himself, and one day a certain loyal citizen called Sir Guyfawkes, a very active and conscientious man, overheard him, and ( Read more... )

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kd5mdk November 5 2007, 20:23:00 UTC

Where is that text from, Jane Austen's History of England?

angevin2 November 5 2007, 20:30:09 UTC

1066 and All That. :)

saffronlie November 5 2007, 20:39:40 UTC

I was very sceptical about the whole thing, especially the anti-Catholic implications, but in the interests of Getting The Most Out of My Year in England I went to a bonfire tonight. Thankfully there was no effigy on top of the fire -- I think I would have left if there had been an effigy.

liseuse November 5 2007, 21:32:16 UTC

I always feel a little silly commemorating Guy Fawkes, being Catholic and all. But he was born in my city of residence, and it is a big part of my childhood. That said, the fireworks can shut the hell up now.

angevin2 November 5 2007, 21:37:06 UTC

Well, someone else on the flist said that people don't burn Guy Fawkes in effigy because he tried to blow up the King and Parliament, but because he failed to do it. ;)

liseuse November 5 2007, 21:39:53 UTC

Oh yes, it's a commemorative ironic burning. Because the torture wasn't enough, we must obviously inflict pain on an effigy. Explaining Britain makes it all seem very weird. Hmm.

so_lily_briscoe November 6 2007, 00:16:40 UTC

Weird. Yes, that's it.

My neighbors are still indiscriminately burning things, which they've been at for several hours. Indiscriminately burning things, and flying the cross of St George.

Things blowing up to commemorate things not blowing up?

This country gets weirder by the day.

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icewolf010 November 6 2007, 02:11:11 UTC

I am sort of ambivalent about it actually, since I am pro-not-persecuting-Catholics (or, you know, anyone, because yay religious tolerance) and also pro-not-blowing-people-up. So.

Those sentences right there are why I like you so darn much. Hee.

writerwench November 6 2007, 12:40:53 UTC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/paganism/holydays/samhain.shtml... )