Remember, Remember 0 ▲ Making Book 1 hour ago · 6 min read1201 words · History · hide “Remember, remember the fifth of November, gunpowder treason and plot” we would chant as we hauled our guy around town in a little cart, soliciting donations so we could buy more fireworks. This procedure was named “guyzing”. The guy would be an old pair of trousers and a shirt stuffed with hay or straw, representing Guy Fawkes with an old hat jammed on top. After his fund-raising journey Guy would be put on top of a bonfire on the evening of November the fifth, and set alight, to the accompaniment of as many fireworks as we’d managed to amass. (As part of his weekly London Trivia roundup Cabbie Blog informs us that “Legally children should obtain written permission from the Chief Constable before seeking to ask ‘A penny for the Guy, Mister?'” If this law extended to the Scottish Borders, luckily nobody enforced it.) Guy Fawkes was born in York in 1570, converted to Catholicism and went to Europe where he fought for Spain in the Low Countries against the Dutch Protestants. Having… Commenting on Bubbles has been removed. Why? If you want to talk about this post, write to the author, use the comments on their blog if it has them, or reply with a "RE:" post on your own blog. Suggestions? feedback@bubbles.town
