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The gunpowder treason and plot.
I know of no reason why the gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot.
This is the beginning of a very old traditional rhyme about the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, a failed conspiracy to assassinate the King James I of England. (You can listen to it here).
Not everybody in England liked the king, so some
people decided to blow up the Houses of Parliament with the King
inside. Guy Fawkes was one of them. They planned to use gunpowder to
blow up underneath the King’s chair, so 36 barrels of gunpowder
were put in the basement of the Houses of Parliament on November 5th.
The barrels were found so they never exploded. Guy Fawkes and his
friends were arrested for trying to kill the King. They confessed
everything about the plot and, as a result, they were hung.
Now, every year on November 5th some British people remember how his plan failed. They have fireworks outside, and they burn bonfires with a Guy Fawkes on top: children make it with old clothes and newspapers. They call this festival the Guy Fawkes Night or the Bonfire Night. They eat sausages, jacked potatoes, toffee apples, etc.
Now, every year on November 5th some British people remember how his plan failed. They have fireworks outside, and they burn bonfires with a Guy Fawkes on top: children make it with old clothes and newspapers. They call this festival the Guy Fawkes Night or the Bonfire Night. They eat sausages, jacked potatoes, toffee apples, etc.
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