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<DIV>Guy Fawkes day on November 5 used to be one of the main festivals
of the year, comparable with Easter, Hull Fair and my birthday, although not as
good as Christmas. My parents would ask the neighbours round and
my mother would cook special food, such as bonfire toffee, parkin, potatoes
in their skins and Oxtail soup, and after we had set off the fireworks, but
before the food, we would burn the Guy, a lifesize model of a man consisting of
my father's old clothes stuffed with newspaper. Before his ceremonial burning,
he would be left hanging on the swing while the fireworks were being let off. As
he was consumed by the flames, his villainous face (drawn by my mother) would
seem to take on a doleful expression.</DIV>
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<DIV>The cinders of the fire would glow for days, which was great fun as they
could be used to start further fires. Halloween is a US (re-?)import into
England and wasn't celebrated or noticed much when I was a child. Nor was New
Year.</DIV>
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<DIV>I am told that the best place for Guy Fawkes celebrations is the town of
Lewes in East Sussex. Perhaps this is due to their strong protestant traditions
following the burning of protestant martyrs in the town during the rain of Mary
Tudor ("Bloody Mary").</DIV>
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<DIV>David Clarke</DIV>
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