. . . I see no reason Why gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot.But I did forget the Fifth of November completely, until I happened to be working on some Gutenberg pages this morning from a history of the period. It's an extremely condensed history, jumping from a rapid description of John Smith, Pocahontas, and the Jamestown Colony to a quick note on Guido Fawkes. I'd never before associated the two events with the same decade. The smiling zeal to destroy impure societies rings a bell this week.
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In 2021, when I was in York, I dined at a pub associated with Guy Fawkes. The food was quite good, and my associates said the beer likewise. He met supporters there before going to London, per tradition.
I remembered the day, but did not ask for Pennies for the Guy this year. During grad school, I asked a Canadian prof, and he dug a penny out of his pocket and, smiling, told me not to spend it all in one place. The undergrads were befuddled.
LittleRed1
Guido? I don't think I ever heard that before.
"Guido" is the Italian version of the French/English "Guy"... Guy Fawkes switched the Italian version of his name in Spain, when he was in Spain seeking financial support for a Catholic rebellion in England. (He didn't get it.) He signed his confession as "Guido Fawkes" after several days of interrogation under torture.
--Janet
Me neither, but he had some kind of Spanish family origin (not Italian, surprisingly), and that's how this somewhat archaic history referred to him.
Ah, that explains my Spanish/Italian confusion from the text.
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