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|name = Bonfire Night
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|location = [[Great Britain]]<ref name="PS1">{{PS|B|1}}</ref>
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|date = Annually on [[5 November]]<ref name="Real">{{Wikilink|Bonfire Night}}</ref>
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|description = A celebration of bonfires and fireworks<ref name="PS1"/>
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{{Quote|Perhaps people have been celebrating Bonfire Night early — it's not until next week, folks! But I can promise a wet night tonight.|[[Jim McGuffin]] supposing the reason of recent peculiar things|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone}}
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'''Bonfire Night''' is a yearly event dedicated to [[Fire|bonfires]], fireworks and celebrations.<ref name="Real" /> It is celebrated in [[Great Britain]]<ref name="PS1" /> on [[5 November]].
   
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==History==
{{Quote|Perhaps people have been celebrating Bonfire Night early — it’s not until next week, folks! But I can promise a wet night tonight.|[[Jim McGuffin]] supposes reason of recent peculiar things.|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone}}
 
 
On [[1 November]] [[1981]], [[Jim McGuffin]], a [[Non-magic people|Muggle]] TV weatherman (whose broadcast was seen in [[Little Whinging]]) supposed that strange behaviour of [[owl]]s and "so-called" [[shooting star spell|shooting stars]] in [[Kent]], [[Dundee]] and [[Yorkshire]] were a result of people's early celebration of Bonfire Night. In reality, [[Wizardkind|witches and wizards]] were [[Fall of Lord Voldemort celebrations|celebrating]] the fall of [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]].<ref name="PS1" />
 
'''Bonfire Night''' is a yearly event dedicated to bonfires, fireworks and celebrations. [[Great Britain]] celebrates it in [[5 November]] - Britons call that day also Guy Fawkes Night.<ref name="wikipedia">[[Wikipedia:Bonfire Night|Bonfire Night]] on [[Wikipedia:Main Page|Wikipedia]]</ref>
 
 
In [[31 October]] [[1991]] [[Jim McGuffin]], a TV weatherman (broadcast in [[Little Whinging]]) supposed that strange behaviour of [[owl]]s and "so-called" shooting stars in [[Kent]], [[Dundee]] and [[Yorkshire]] are a result of people's early celebrating of that day.<ref name="PS1">''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' - Chapter 1 (''The Boy Who Lived'')</ref>
 
   
 
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*{{PS}} {{1st Mention}}
*''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' {{mention}}
 
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*{{HM}} {{Mention}}
 
==External links==
 
*{{Wikilink|Bonfire Night}}
 
   
 
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Latest revision as of 20:10, 21 February 2024

"Perhaps people have been celebrating Bonfire Night early — it's not until next week, folks! But I can promise a wet night tonight."
Jim McGuffin supposing the reason of recent peculiar things[src]

Bonfire Night is a yearly event dedicated to bonfires, fireworks and celebrations.[2] It is celebrated in Great Britain[1] on 5 November.

History

On 1 November 1981, Jim McGuffin, a Muggle TV weatherman (whose broadcast was seen in Little Whinging) supposed that strange behaviour of owls and "so-called" shooting stars in Kent, Dundee and Yorkshire were a result of people's early celebration of Bonfire Night. In reality, witches and wizards were celebrating the fall of Lord Voldemort.[1]

Appearances

Notes and references