tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post4464765417842540053..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: “Guy Fawkes, dressed up in an odd fashion with a mask for a face”Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-24536856718041585452011-11-06T20:13:51.971-05:002011-11-06T20:13:51.971-05:00I know folklore scholars documented some Guy Fawke...I know folklore scholars documented some Guy Fawkes/Pope Night customs hanging around in the late 1890s in Newburyport and Portsmouth, but haven’t come across anything more recent. One problem is that once mass media arrives, it’s hard to tell what customs are indigenous and what have been inspired by customs elsewhere. <br /><br />Perhaps Peter M at <a href="http://newenglandfolklore.blogspot.com/search/label/Guy%20Fawkes%20Day" rel="nofollow">New England Folklore</a> knows more.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-16172383319050762322011-11-06T13:03:19.831-05:002011-11-06T13:03:19.831-05:00Concerning the connection between Guy Fawkes Day a...Concerning the connection between Guy Fawkes Day and Halloween: I remember reading, some years ago, that still in the last half of the 20th century some rural New Englanders would make a straw man (effigy) using old clothing, and consign it to a bonfire on Halloween night. According to this article, the people called the effigy a "guy" but had no idea of the origin of the word.<br /><br />Might be worth investigating in some modern folklore sources.Charles Bahnenoreply@blogger.com