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amyjane
Joined: 24 Sep 2005
Location: SEOUL
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 Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 9:01 pm Post subject: BONFIRE NIGHT |
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| Any English folk out there celebrating Bonfire night? |
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Swiss James
Joined: 26 Nov 2003
Location: Shanghai
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| Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 9:01 pm Post subject: |
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| not till tomorrow! |
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fidel
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
Location: North Shore NZ
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| Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 9:21 pm Post subject: Re: BONFIRE NIGHT |
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| amyjane wrote: |
| Any English folk out there celebrating Bonfire night? |
What's Bonfire night? Is it similiar to Guy Fawkes? |
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chiaa
Joined: 23 Aug 2003
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| Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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I think its the day where they burn the left over boxes from last year's Boxing Day.
just kidding |
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Swiss James
Joined: 26 Nov 2003
Location: Shanghai
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| Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 10:33 pm Post subject: Re: BONFIRE NIGHT |
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| fidel wrote: |
| amyjane wrote: |
| Any English folk out there celebrating Bonfire night? |
What's Bonfire night? Is it similiar to Guy Fawkes? |
same same- we light bonfires and set off fireworks to celebrate a plot to blow up the houses of Parliament. 15 year olds up and down the country get drunk on cider and small children are terrified by the rockets.
Good food too. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 10:36 pm Post subject: |
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| I thought it was called "Beat Up a Catholic Day" until multiculturalism came in. |
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Swiss James
Joined: 26 Nov 2003
Location: Shanghai
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| Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 10:39 pm Post subject: |
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| haha- yeah it probably should have been. But I'm a Catholic and my folks never had a problem with going to see the bonfires, in England at least I've never heard of it being a contentious issue for us left-footers. |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 10:42 pm Post subject: |
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| I want some bonfire toffees - black treacle, anyone? |
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Wangja
Joined: 17 May 2004
Location: Seoul, Yongsan
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| Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 10:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Ya-ta Boy wrote: |
| I thought it was called "Beat Up a Catholic Day" until multiculturalism came in. |
hahahaha ....
Matt's view from the Telegraph ....
Although it's a reference to Blunket's second - and surely final - ministerial resignation in less than a year, it's apt. |
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Wangja
Joined: 17 May 2004
Location: Seoul, Yongsan
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| Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 10:45 pm Post subject: |
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| tzechuk wrote: |
| I want some bonfire toffees - black treacle, anyone? |
And don't forget Shepherd's Pie and Pickled Cabbage ... now wait, we can get pickled cabbage here can't we .... can't we? |
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Swiss James
Joined: 26 Nov 2003
Location: Shanghai
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| Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 11:14 pm Post subject: |
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| I was thinking of mushy peas and mint sauce. Proper scally grub! |
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neandergirl
Joined: 23 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 11:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Roasting marshmallows over the gas range - a mere shadow of the celebrations at home, but the best we can manage. |
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Alan_Partridge
Joined: 24 Aug 2005
Location: in the posh part of town
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| Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 1:08 am Post subject: |
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Does anyone back home still do penny for the guy (apart from the proper scallies (scallys?) that is)...I seem to remember from halloween 'til xmas being a long line of slightly scary yoofs at the door doing one of the following:
1) "Trick or treat mate?" (no halloween costume)
2) "Penny for Guy, mate?" (No guy, and they didn't like pennies so much as pounds)
3) "SILENT NIGHT, MATE!!?? (very loud, off key, etc)
Good times, good times....
BTW.. i wanted to write "Penny for t'guy" but I do dislike those stereotypes... |
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peppermint
Joined: 13 May 2003
Location: traversing the minefields of caddishness.
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| Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 1:30 am Post subject: |
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| Be glad the mummering tradition has died in the U.K. then. It's still alive and well in smaller towns at home.. Adults dress up in whatever ( not a costume, just so they look strange and hard to identify) and visit their neighbors demanding to be invited in for a drink at Christmas time. Once the host identifies them it's time to move along to the next place. |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 3:12 am Post subject: |
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| Wangja wrote: |
| tzechuk wrote: |
| I want some bonfire toffees - black treacle, anyone? |
And don't forget Shepherd's Pie and Pickled Cabbage ... now wait, we can get pickled cabbage here can't we .... can't we? |
Yes, I believe you can. I got a jar in my fridge. |
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