Comments on: The Quick 10: Happy Belated Guy Fawkes Day!

By: ladydukes

ladydukes — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 19:01:34 +0000

4 major mistakes.

1) its never been called Guy Fawkes day ever, its bonfire night,
2) we don’t Honor him. we celebrate the fact he did not succeed in his “evil plot”
3) there are NO fractions that celebrate him.
4) Fawkes was NEVER hanged, drawn and quartered, he escaped that by throwing himself from the gallows and snapped his own neck so they could’nt. it one of the most famous parts to the story

the “penny for guy” is to reward the children for their guy ,and the money goes towards fireworks ( these days sweets)

Sorry but it really annoying when a foreigner tries to tell another countries history and gets it wrong. I would dare tell the story of the signing of the declaration even though I know it. plus I would look it up first to make sure I got things correct

By: Luke

Luke — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 20:54:47 +0000

Nice post. Think it is worth mentioning that Guy’s motivations, and much of the spirit behind the celebration, were rooted in the Catholic-Protestant antipathy in England at the time.

As far as I’m aware however this is completely absent from today’s celebrations, which is largely an excuse for a party :)

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 06:17:00 +0000

I am pretty sure that he was tattled on by a co-conspirator but that wasn’t mentioned.

By: Alicia

Alicia — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:28:00 +0000

I “celebrated” by watching V for Vendetta. Not much else I could do, since I don’t have a Guy Fawkes mask to burn, and place to burn it. But I did my best.

By: Kirsten

Kirsten — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:40:00 +0000

I went to a Guy Fawkes day party on Wed. night. It was great fun! My 8 year old especially enjoyed burning Guy in effigy. :o)

By: Mike D

Mike D — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:58:00 +0000

Now now, lets be careful not to equate toffee apples with candy apples.

By: Chad Cloman

Chad Cloman — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:24:00 +0000

The references in the V for Vendetta graphic novel pretty much assume you already know the story of Guy Fawkes, which I did not. It wasn’t until I saw the movie adaption, where they had a short sequence on Guy Fawkes, that I looked him up and realized what the comic was referring to.

By: Bran

Bran — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:24:00 +0000

“(I suppose â€œhonorâ€ him would be more appropriate)”

Did you mean “honour”?

By: Blaise

Blaise — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 09:19:00 +0000

Re: Toffee appleas. I used to love these as a kid- well, I used to love the sticky coating and leave the apple!All it is, is an apple stuck on a stick, and coated in a “toffee”. I say “toffee” because for some reason it’s a red colour- it’s more of a caramalised sugar coating. Very messy to eat even thou it’s on the stick!

By: Alan

Alan — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 09:08:00 +0000

For those who’d like to try Toffee Apples: Make some sticky toffee in your usual way, but while it is still liquid in the pan take an apple and stick it onto a skewer (traditionally we use an iced lolly stick) so that you have an apple with a ‘handle’ to hold it by. Best if you put the stick into the bottom of the apple. Dip the apple into the toffee, coat it then place on foil with the stick pointing upwards until the toffee is set. Repeat with more apples. Finally, give them to your kids to eat while celebrating by your bonfire on a cold November evening