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by COOL_DUDE_2112 965 days ago
Wait, is "Guy Fawkes Night" the night of the fourth with "celebrations" commencing at midnight, or the dusk of the fifth? The article is failing to load, though I hate to cast aspersions on the sysop since I'm once again posting from a fortified compound beneath the Earth routed through seven proxies, unclear which specific day it is as the barista glares that I may drink up all the water.
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Dusk of the 5th.

I suppose you could call the night of the fourth november around midnight as 'Guy Fawkes Eve'. <grin>

Sadly, we've lost all those fireworks that used to be so much fun on that night. Notwithstanding the loss of sight and a few fingers that often occurred.

It was the only way way we could play with explosives as kids. (Until some friends and I as 12-year-olds raided a quarry and discovered the joys of gelignite and detonators, but that's another story.)