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3 novembre 2014

HAPPY GUY FAWKES / HAPPY BONFIRE

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Happy GUY FAWKES / Happy BONFIRE NIGHT

Guy Fawkes, The Gunpowder Plot and Bonfire Night

Je me suis toujours demandé d'où venait le "G" de Guy et le "F" de Fawkes. J'ai compris quand je l'ai vu, ça veut dire Gars Fou qui a fini en Traître dans un Bonfire

the link and listen to Guy Fawkes story told by the 4 years old girl, Millie :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vpl_QeyyfY

Get The link and play Hangman ( Le pendu) : Guess the letters in a hidden word or phrase

http://www.quia.com/hm/325207.html

Bonfire Night in England

Bonfire Night is celebrated all over the UK, however, this page just refers to England, as this is where our students live.

Every year on 5th November, the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot, Guy Fawkes is remembered.

Throughout England, towns and villages....

light huge bonfires,
let off magnificent fireworks,
burn an effigy (a homemade model of a man, like a scarecrow) and
celebrate the fact the Parliament and James I were not blown sky high by Guy Fawkes.

Why do we have Guys and Fireworks on Bonfire Night?

The Guy (effigy) is made out of old clothes stuffed with paper or straw. The Guy is a reminder of Guy Fawkes.

The fireworks are a reminder of the gunpowder Guy Fawkes hid in the cellar of Parliament.

Traditional Bonfire Night Food

As well as burning effigy of Guy Fawkes, the bonfires are used to cook potatoes wrapped in foil and to heat up soup for the crowds that come to watch the fireworks

The traditional cake eaten on bonfire night is Parkin Cake, a sticky cake containing a mix of oatmeal, ginger, treacle and syrup.

Other foods include sausages cooked over the flames and marshmallows toasted in the fire.

Firework Displays

In main town and cities, torch-lit processions are also popular on this night too. The procession leads to where the bonfire and firework displays are.

The biggest fireworks display in Kent is the Edenbridge Display. They also have the biggest effigy, a 30ft 'Celebrity Guy'.

Penny for the Guy

During the days before Bonfire Night, children used to take their home-made guys out on the street and ask for "a penny for the Guy" for fireworks.

Children, in some areas, blacken their faces as Guy Fawkes might have done when he plotted to blow up parliament.

Flaming Barrels

In Ottery St Mary, teams of stalwart men carry flaming tar barrels on their shoulders down the length of the town’s High Street. When one man’s 50-pound barrel gets too hot to handle, another man takes over - then another, and then another, until the flames die out and the barrel crumbles into ashes.

* Cette fête remonte au début des années 1600. Depuis un siècle déjà, catholiques et protestants se livrent une guerre sans merci. Quand un roi protestant est au pouvoir, les catholiques sont persécutés et vice versa. En 1605, un groupe de catholiques prépare une conspiration à l’encontre du roi Jacques Ier (James I) et de son gouvernement. Ils doivent se rendre au palais de Westminster le 5 novembre. Parmi les conspirateurs, on trouve un dénommé Guy Fawkes, spécialiste des explosifs. Il dispose de la poudre à canon (gunpowder) dans les caves du palais de Westminster (également désigné Houses of Parliament). Mais la conspiration est découverte. Guy Fawkes et ses compagnons sont emprisonnés à la tour de Londres. Ils sont exécutés en 1606. Le roi Jacques Ier, trop heureux d’être encore en vie, décide que le 5 novembre sera un jour férié. Depuis, on célèbre le 5 novembre en Angleterre en brûlant des représentations de Guy Fawkes, tout en procédant souvent à des feux d'artifices. Ces fêtes peuvent être des événements de grande ampleur, ouverts au public, ou des célébrations plus petites, privées, rassemblant la famille et les amis. Le jour de l’ouverture du Parlement, les gardes (Yeomen Warders or Beefeaters) fouillent toujours les caves, lanterne à la main, pour protéger le souverain. Avec de la paille, les enfants fabriquent un mannequin représentant Guy Fawkes (le ‘guy’) et vont le montrer aux passants dans la rue pour obtenir de l’argent. Ils demandent ‘A penny for the guy’ (un penny pour le mannequin). L’argent permet d’acheter des feux d’artifice. Le soir du 5 novembre, de grands feux sont allumés et on y brûle le mannequin, on mange des toffee apples et des hot dogs.

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2 novembre 2014

HAPPY HALLOWEEN in Happy is English

Happy is English but English is Happier than Happy

I want to be happy; But I won't be happy, Till I make you happy too - T. Bennett

You live a new life for every new language you speak. If you know only one language, you live only once. Proverbe tchéque.

L’anglais, ce n’est jamais que du français mal prononcé. Georges Clemenceau.

If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart. Nelson Mandela.

Un Anglais, c’est un type comme nous, sauf qu’on ne comprend pas ce qu’il dit. Domitille de Pressensé.

Those who know no foreign language knows nothing of their mother tongue. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Je me suis remis à la clarinette. C’est ce qui rapproche le plus de l’anglais. Raymond Devos.

You can never understand one language until you understand at least two. Geoffrey Willans

Apprends une langue, tu éviteras une guerre. Proverbe arabe.

First:

Happy Halloween Meal

A La Carte Halloween Menu

October 31st 12 pm.

" réveille toi côtes en long ( lazybones)!!! il est l'heure de manger..." -I'm sure he can't sleep the backbone ( le squelette) because he's starving to death !!!"

" ... et on mange quoi mamie?"

" on mange vert et on bois rouge!!!

The Pumpkin Type Restaurant

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* STARTERS

Squelette de crudités

* MAIN COURSES: - Vegetable Mummies

saucisses momie

* DESSERTS

halloween_pommes

* DRINKS : The table will be surrounded by jack o' lanterns and dark and orange flowers with along sparkling blood being presented as a gift by La Maison

ENJOY YOUR HALLOWEEN MEAL!!!

Halloween

T F A U T U M N A E G N A R O
O N R F E A R M D O D E P S N
C G E A T O U V E R R W P Y H
T O E M N S L N N M A Y L K O
O B U Y E K E E R A C S E O K
B L O M E T E S E M U T S O C
E I E E H W IN U P L L E P A
R N R G O T F C S G A M E S L
T I I L E A R O X T V R K E B
E R L G H O S T S E E E T R W
F A S N I K P M U P L I H Y E
H A R V E S T L R E T S N O M
S W O D A H S A T S P I D E R
Y M M U M M N O Y D N A C Y O
T H G I N K N E D I R Y A H U

LES MOTS A RETROUVER DANS LA GRILLE CI-DESSUS...
AMUSEMENT	APPLES	AUTUMN
BLACK	CANDY	COSTUMES
DRACULA	EERIE	EXCITEMENT
FRANKENSTEIN	FRIGHTEN	GAMES
GHOSTS	GOBLIN	HALLOWEEN
HARVEST	HAYRIDE	MONSTER
MUMMY	NIGHT	OCTOBER
ORANGE	PARTY	PRANK
PUMPKINS	SCARE	SHADOWS
SKELETON	SPIDER	SPOOKY

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HAPPY GUY FAWKES / HAPPY BONFIRE

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Happy GUY FAWKES / Happy BONFIRE NIGHT

the link and listen to Guy Fawkes story told by the 4 years old girl, Millie :

Get The link and play Hangman ( Le pendu) : Guess the letters in a hidden word or phrase

Bonfire Night in England

Bonfire Night is celebrated all over the UK, however, this page just refers to England, as this is where our students live.

Every year on 5th November, the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot, Guy Fawkes is remembered.

Throughout England, towns and villages....

light huge bonfires,

let off magnificent fireworks,

burn an effigy (a homemade model of a man, like a scarecrow) and

celebrate the fact the Parliament and James I were not blown sky high by Guy Fawkes.

Why do we have Guys and Fireworks on Bonfire Night?

The Guy (effigy) is made out of old clothes stuffed with paper or straw. The Guy is a reminder of Guy Fawkes.

The fireworks are a reminder of the gunpowder Guy Fawkes hid in the cellar of Parliament.

Traditional Bonfire Night Food

As well as burning effigy of Guy Fawkes, the bonfires are used to cook potatoes wrapped in foil and to heat up soup for the crowds that come to watch the fireworks

The traditional cake eaten on bonfire night is Parkin Cake, a sticky cake containing a mix of oatmeal, ginger, treacle and syrup.

Other foods include sausages cooked over the flames and marshmallows toasted in the fire.

Firework Displays

In main town and cities, torch-lit processions are also popular on this night too. The procession leads to where the bonfire and firework displays are.

The biggest fireworks display in Kent is the Edenbridge Display. They also have the biggest effigy, a 30ft 'Celebrity Guy'.

Penny for the Guy

During the days before Bonfire Night, children used to take their home-made guys out on the street and ask for "a penny for the Guy" for fireworks.

Children, in some areas, blacken their faces as Guy Fawkes might have done when he plotted to blow up parliament.

Flaming Barrels

www.tarbarrels.co.uk

History behind the Day

Bonfire Night Rhymes

Fireworks

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HAPPY HALLOWEEN in Happy is English

A La Carte Halloween Menu

Halloween

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