Bonfire Night on Islay

Arra just sent me this (somewhat scary picture) of his brother Donald, who is celebratinig Bonfire Night, which takes place every year at the 5th of November. Later on tonight he will blow up a pile of fire works!! Bonfire Night actually is Guy Fawkes Day but also known as Bonfire Night. I found a nice description of the backgrounds of this particular day on this website: "It goes back to the 1600's, when Queen Elizabeth died and James I took the throne. James was not tolerant to different religions and was planning to execute the Catholics. A group of Catholics got together with a plan of blowing up the Houses of Parliament, thus killing James, the Prince of Wales and the members of Parliament who were making life difficult for the Catholics. One by one people got scared and dropped out of the plan. One man by the name of Guy Fawkes, was brave enough to carry it through but was caught in the cellar of Parliament by the authorities on the night of November 5th with 36 barrels of gunpowder. On that very night, people all over the country lit bonfires to celebrate the safety of the King." Happy bonfire night to all of you!!

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