#its been celebrated since at least 1607 when it happened in 1605

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Mini-event tomorrow as well lol? But early. Guy Fawkes Night the 5th Novemeber! But the event is 3rd!

Remember, remember, the 5th of November,

Gunpowder, treason and plot.

I see no reason

Why gunpowder treason

Should ever be forgot.

#qsmp #qsmp twitter #i have an hour but I know if I open Pac or Fit's streams I'll miss stuff I have tonight #maybe it's so Phil doesn't need to stream seven days this week and can explain #given its a very UK thing #and tubbo's laptop is dying #and wilbur is never online #or maybe its because whatever is happening saturday prevents them using sunday #who knows! #them summarising this will be so funny lol #'some catholics tried to murder the government over a religious dispute #and now we burn an effigy of their ringleader and set off gunpowerder fireworks #in memory of the fact they failed to blow anyone up' #like... that's the summary lol #and for once this one was actually celebrated where I grew up! #I'm not sure I can post the whole poem either #an early version I was taught talks about hanging people (Pac would love that) #but even the less expilcate ones are a bit murdery #so just take the bit people remember lol #its been celebrated since at least 1607 when it happened in 1605 #but um early versions were super anti-Catholic #which is bad #and it was protestant church thing with bonus sermons for a /while/ #as well as blowing things up in controlled conditions #stopped being celebrated after the civil war came back again with the monarchy and more party #it was a national holiday for a while (not any more) #and people would sometimes burn other unpopular figures as effigies #and in the Victorian period the newly instated Catholic bishops #which um got them into trouble #now its mostly cool fireworks and warm bonfires and doesn't have the religious or rioting bits often