tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-776872662073607566.post2855566465603799279..comments2023-09-06T22:30:02.061+10:00Comments on The Knight & Drummer: The Bonfire # 2Amfortashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07474382097575605017noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-776872662073607566.post-56043435875166082072017-11-08T12:21:17.210+11:002017-11-08T12:21:17.210+11:00There are those who revel in being difficult. But ...There are those who revel in being difficult. But here you point to the Welsh when the famer chap was English (I presume). Obstreperousness knows no borders. :)Amfortashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07474382097575605017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-776872662073607566.post-69530937888349178202017-11-08T11:58:14.764+11:002017-11-08T11:58:14.764+11:00In my younger days I was taught that the Gunpowder...In my younger days I was taught that the Gunpowder Plot was a political plot there were no mentions of religion. It was only later in life that I came to understand what the plot was really about.<br /><br />So for me the burning of the guy was about a political hot head trying to blow up parliament. That is what I had been taught and how it was celebrated. It has become an English tradition and people do not think to research why it came about.<br /><br />As to the story about the difficult Welshman. The Welsh from that area have a particular personality trait (or is it cultural?) I will recount a tale from walking in the Welsh hills where a Lady farmer had deliberately obscured a marker on a public pathway luring innocent walkers to tread on 'her land'. She was waiting there to scold them that they were trespassing, but not willing to provide the information so that they could find the correct public right of way through her field. We got there in the end!<br /><br />I also have a couple of friends that have had the misfortune to be married to this type of Welsh person. It goes without saying that I won't share their stories.<br /><br />In view of these experiences I suspect the man mentioned was being difficult, just because he could, rather than being Anti-Catholic.CherryPiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11788084724907992076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-776872662073607566.post-9763586045894518912017-11-06T11:10:15.922+11:002017-11-06T11:10:15.922+11:00Yes, it is easy to be confused. It is every Englis...Yes, it is easy to be confused. It is every Englishman's history. St Bart sorts it out.Amfortashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07474382097575605017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-776872662073607566.post-76594505461433992842017-11-06T07:38:19.635+11:002017-11-06T07:38:19.635+11:00I've often wondered whether the Bonfire was a ...I've often wondered whether the Bonfire was a Proddy night or a Catholic night ...Im still not sure.<br /><br />Remember remember St.Bartholomew's Day as well I supposeMatrixTransformnoreply@blogger.com