Bonfire Night (Guy Fawkes Night)

Bonfire Night also known as Guy Fawkes Night is a event that occurs in England every year on the 5th of November. This is to commemorate the day (1605 AD) in which Guy Fawkes ,a proud Catholic, tried to blow up the Houses of Parliment in London. However, Guy failed and was caught. Because of this he was hung drawn and quartered (a english torture method for traitors in which a persons body is pulled by horse , hanged at a gallows and then the body is cut into four seperate pieces). In honour of this event a famous phrase is said, "Remember remember the fith of November". Each year on the 5th of November large bonfires a lit and fireworks are set off to comemmorate the event.

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