GROUP 3

BONFIRE NIGHT

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/Guy.html

Bonfire Night is celebrated all over the UK. Every year on 5th November, the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot, Guy Fawkes is remembered.

In this special night there are light huge bonfires, magnificent fireworks and people burn an effigy (a homemade model of a man). The Guy (effigy) is made out of old clothes stuffed with paper or straw. The Guy is a reminder of Guy Fawkes.

The bonfires are used to cook potatoes and soup for the people that come to watch the fireworks. They also eat candies, cakes, sausages,…around the bonfires.

In main town and cities, processions are also popular on this night too. The procession finishes where the bonfire and firework are.

During the days before Bonfire Night, children used to take their home-made guys out on the street and ask for "a penny for the Guy" for fireworks.

KEY WORDS: Bonfire, Guy Fawkes, fireworks, effigy, potatoes, processions.