tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post402698880450635532..comments2024-03-10T00:00:31.355+00:00Comments on BRIAN SIBLEY : his blog: THE GUY IN QUESTIONBrian Sibleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-74465516124118370302008-11-05T17:44:00.000+00:002008-11-05T17:44:00.000+00:00I think, in all fairness, we are celebrating the s...I think, in all fairness, we are celebrating the saving of the King's life on 5th November - possibly a date chosen deliberately for exposure of the plot by Robert Cecil who knew that James I held the 5th as a special day. In Scotland he had already defeated one plot against his life on that date and so held it as a lucky day. It's unlikely that the scheming Cecil wasn't already aware of what was going off before that. It served his purposes to have such a crime as an excuse to tighten up on the Catholics.Boll Weavilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03858122220880954456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-39003924173662305252008-11-05T10:05:00.000+00:002008-11-05T10:05:00.000+00:00Yes, well, at least St Nick commemorates a birth r...Yes, well, at least St Nick commemorates a birth rather than a death!Brian Sibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-7298718080441308232008-11-05T05:47:00.000+00:002008-11-05T05:47:00.000+00:00Yes, I too have noticed that Halloween & Guy F...Yes, I too have noticed that Halloween & Guy Fawkes' night seem to have morphed into one "event"... Ridiculous.<BR/>Mind you, a little girl of my acquaintance was very recently taken to visit the house where GF lived and learned all about him - so maybe there is some hope for future generations! <BR/>Of course, here in Belgium, now that Halloween is over (& nobody here really knows what that's about apart from witches & pumpkins) all is concentrated now on St Nicholas & Father Christmas... any excuse to get people to spend what little money they have!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com