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    Guy Fawkes Night, also known as Guy Fawkes Day, Bonfire Night and Fireworks Night, is an annual commemoration observed on 5 November, primarily in Great...
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    Guy Fawkes (/fɔːks/; 13 April 1570 – 31 January 1606), also known as Guido Fawkes while fighting for the Spanish, was a member of a group of provincial...
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    at night. J.J. Brady said, "at one time it was traditional to wear masks on Guy Fawkes night. So, if tonight anyone is found wearing a Guy Fawkes mask...
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    Bonfire Night is a name given to various yearly events marked by bonfires and fireworks. These include Guy Fawkes Night (5 November) in Great Britain;...
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    Days of Guy Fawkes, published in about 1905, which portrayed Fawkes as "essentially an action hero". With the phrase "A penny for the Old Guy", Anglo-American...
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    Fawkes are burned every year on Guy Fawkes Night in the United Kingdom. By the early 19th century, the tradition led to Guy being a term in England for a...
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  • Guy Fawkes (1570–1606) was a conspirator in the Gunpowder Plot. Guy Fawkes may also refer to: Guy Fawkes (novel), a novel by William Harrison Ainsworth...
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  • Chinese New Year, St David's Day, Shrove Tuesday, Mothering Sunday, Guy Fawkes Night and Christmas. The latter, in particular, is a special occasion with...
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    Labrador has many communities that celebrate bonfire nights, particularly Guy Fawkes Night; this is one of the times when small rural communities come together...
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  • commemorated) November 5 Bank Transfer Day (United States) Colón Day (Panama) Guy Fawkes Night (United Kingdom, New Zealand and Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada)...
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    which case it is held on Saturday the 4th), the event not only marks Guy Fawkes Night – the date of the uncovering of the Gunpowder Plot in 1605 – but also...
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    It evolved from the British Guy Fawkes Night, which commemorates the failure of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. Pope Night was most popular in the seaport...
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    is linked to the Guy Fawkes Night celebration. Jennifer Stead, in her study Prodigal Frugality, identifies the link between Guy Fawkes and parkin as the...
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  • by Warner Bros. Pictures on 4 November 2005 (a day before the 400th Guy Fawkes Night), but was delayed; it instead opened in the United States on 17 March...
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  • watershed Guy (grape), the variety Gouais blanc The Guy, an effigy burned on Guy Fawkes Night The Guy, the mascot of the band Disturbed The Guy, a character...
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    hard, brittle toffee associated with Halloween and Guy Fawkes Night (also known as "Bonfire Night") in the United Kingdom. The toffee tastes very strongly...
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    celebrations, by far the largest and most well-attended event, mark both Guy Fawkes Night and the burning of 17 Protestant martyrs in Lewes's High Street from...
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  • Bonfire Night is a traditional celebration involving bonfires in several countries. Specifically, Bonfire Night may refer to: Guy Fawkes Night, in Great...
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  • from predatory alien invaders on a council estate in South London on Guy Fawkes Night. It was the film debut of Cornish, Boyega, and composer Steven Price...
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    Western culture in the Northern Hemisphere, such as Halloween and Guy Fawkes Night, because these festivals occur in the wake of annual apple harvests...
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    sparkler is often used by children at bonfire and fireworks displays on Guy Fawkes Night, the fifth of November, and in the United States on Independence Day...
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  • covers exactly a year and a day. The narrative begins on the evening of Guy Fawkes Night as Diggory Venn is slowly crossing the heath with his van, which is...
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  • 5 November 1947, Guy Fawkes Night, hence his name. A baby, holding a small tin hot-water bottle, he weighed just 23 lb (10 kg). Guy was the replacement...
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    Wintour, Thomas Percy, Guy Fawkes, Robert Keyes, Thomas Bates, John Grant, Ambrose Rookwood, Sir Everard Digby and Francis Tresham. Fawkes, who had 10 years...
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    day of Chinese New Year - where fireworks may be used until 1 am (on Guy Fawkes Night fireworks may be used until 12 midnight); a ban on the possession of...
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    beef stock, baked for up to 16 hours. It is a traditional meal on Guy Fawkes Night. Sliced oat groats are known as steel-cut oats, pinhead oats, coarse...
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  • hours. In the Black Country it is traditional to eat groaty pudding on Guy Fawkes Night. It is mentioned as a local staple by Samuel Jackson Pratt in 1805...
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    Sękowa, Poland Beltane Bonfire Brazen bull Burning of Judas Giubiana Guy Fawkes Night Willow Man Zozobra Burning Man "Others have figures of vast size, the...
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    the modern Gregorian calendar date (as happens, for example, with Guy Fawkes Night on 5 November). The Battle of the Boyne was commemorated with smaller...
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    chili con carne, and chicken curry. Baked potatoes are often eaten on Guy Fawkes Night; traditionally they were often baked in the glowing embers of a bonfire...
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