Page 8
www.celtic-connection.com
DECEMBER 2012/JANUARY 2013
The Foggy Dew Irish Pub
Coquitlam
7s the place to be for all your entertainment needs. We offer a select menu, great daily Irish specialty food & beverage, great music, great service, friendly faces and lots of fun!
WATCH THE SUPER BOWL AT THE DEW Food & Drink Specials
FEBRUARY 3, 2013
JANUARY/FEBRUARY EVENT CALENDAR
Jan 4-5 - One & A Half
Jan 11-12 - Hey Stewey
Jan 18-19 _ Does Your Monkey Bite
Jan 25-26 J. Burgess Band
Feb 1-2 - Shindiggers
Feb 8-9 Bobby Scores
Feb 15-16 - One & A Half
Feb 22-23 - TBA
* Every Thursday Night -
the fabulous - Jordan Burgess
• Catch all your favourite Sports Games on our 10 plasma & ' 10 satellite screens
■ Sunday Football - Open 11:00 AM ■40 cent wings all day to close
Monday
• S7.25 MGD mini jug Monday
■ Drink Specials Every Day
• Sunday Brunch served from 11 am -2 pm
& lunch features all daylong Build your own pizza Corona $3.5o/Caesars S4.75
WWW.F0GGYDEWIRISHPUB.COM
405 North Road
(in the Executive Plaza Hotel)
Coquitlam, B.C.
937-5808
Colour Tech
HAIR STUDIO
"Masters in the Art of Colour <£ Hair Design"
604-533-4441
Specializing in Colour Correction
Valley Centre Shopping Mall 113-20151 Fraser Hwy, Langley, BC www.colourtechhairstudio.com
We make quality Celtic Jewellery Large Selection of: Claddagh Rings, Pendants and Earrings
We welcome enquiries - Repairs guaranteed
C 81A Jewellers
671 Fort Street, Victoria B.C. V8W 1G7 Phone/Fax: (250) 381-2174
Johnnie Fox
J IRISH SNUG
1033 GRANVILLE
WWW.JOHNNIEFOX.CA
A POSTCARD FROM LONDON
i Where is Guy Fawkes just when you need him?9
Remember remember the 5th of November gunpowder treason and plot I see no reason why gunpowder treason should ever be forgot
LONDON - This ancient poem alludes to the conspiracy by a group of English Catholics in 1605. They intended to blow up the Houses of Parliament, assassinating the Protestant King James I of England (James VI of Scotland, same person but it depends on how you feel about it), replacing him with a Catholic head of state.
The plot failed when one of the conspirators, Guy Fawkes, was discovered whilst guarding the gunpowder in the cellars of the House of Lords.
Since then, November 5 has been known as Guy Fawkes Day and is traditionally celebrated with a bonfire with an effigy of Guy Fawkes as the centrepiece, accompanied by a fireworks display.
I have just seen the best Guy Fawkes Night in England in the small, elegant, town of Lewes in East Sussex.
For 364 days of the year Lewes is a charming, quiet, county town, but on November 5 in the words of one of its residents, "The place goes absolutely mental," and he was right.
Eighty thousand people line the streets to witness marching pipe, silver and brass bands and local folk dressed in beautiful and bizarre costumes in a semi-pagan procession.
Seventeen men carry flaming crosses to commemorate the Protestant martyrs who, in 15 5 5, were burnt in Lewes for refusing to convert to Catholicism, and the remainder beat drums and hold aloft flaming torches, letting off firecrackers (or bangers as we call them) as they walk.
I imagined that the Health and Safety Officers were all locked up somewhere sobbing.
Apparently the Pope has not been forgiven for burning 17 of their men because his effigy, together with effigies of well-known people that have irritated the good citizens of Lewes are paraded on hand carts, all destined for a fiery end.
I have no idea what Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor had done to offend, but when rockets blew her head off the cheer was deafening. Political correctness is not on the agenda, and personally the 10-foot cardboard caricature of the Queen was the highlight.
I don't think she was destined for the bonfire because cries of "Hurrah" and "God Bless Her" followed her.
The climax is seven bonfires and the biggest firework display in Europe. It is not for the faint hearted, but if you find yourself this side of the pond on November 5, head for Lewes as it is an unforgettable experience.
Back in London it has been reported that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has just funded £10,000 on "essential maintenance" refurbishing Albert, a stuffed anaconda that hangs in their library.
This ridiculous expense has not been given much coverage in the press, perhaps because the only surprise is that
AN effigy of German Chancellor Angela Merkel was among those who went into the bonfire in Lewes on Guy Fawkes Day.
they did not buy Albert a two-bedroom apartment, give him an unlimited expense account and put him in the House of Lords with the other stuffed relics.
The average age in this outdated institution is 69, and now the 760 elderly parliamentarians (who can be found gently snoozing in this area of Westminster) have announced that unless they receive a £40,000 "Golden Goodbye" from the taxpayer, they will not retire and plan to stay collecting their £300 per day expenses until they die.
Where is Guy Fawkes when you need him?
The Oxford Street Christmas lights in London's West End have been switched on by the pop star Robbie Williams, and this is the starting pistol for the spending frenzy that the retailers pray for.
The theme of the lights this year seems to be "Marmite," a yeasty spread that people love or hate. The relevance of this to the Nativity story is lost on me.
"And lo three kings came from the East bearing gifts of Gold, Frankincense and Marmite?"
My wife, Annette, informs me that Christmas is no longer regarded as a Christian celebration as this might offend people of other religions.
Fair enough but if I get a jar of Marmite for Christmas I won't be over impressed.
I think it is still acceptable to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year or as we say in Wales: Nadolig Llawen a Blwyddyn Newydd Dda.
MERRY CHRISTMAS: Marmite Gold - You either love it or hate it read the lights on Oxford Street this year.
Ancient Origins of the Boar's Head Carol
By TAMARA PASZTOR
The Boar's Head is a Fifteenth Century Christmas carol that describes the ancient tradition of sacrificing a wild boar and presenting its head at a Yule-tide feast.
Although The Boar's Head was originally a song heard in banquet halls during the festive winter season when guests were seated at their table for the first meal course, it was not popularized as a Christmas carol until Wynkyn de Worde's Christmas Carolles published in 1521 London, England.
According to historians the boar's head procession ceremony may have been derived from a similar ancient Norse tradition, most of our knowledge comes from the medieval era where "the boar's head with apple in mouth was carried into the banquet hall on a gold or silver dish to the sounds of trumpets and the songs of minstrels."
The Boar's Head Feast is still observed at Queen's College (Oxford, England), Hurst Pierpoint College (West Sussex,
England), Camlann Medieval Village (Carnation, Washington) and Cranbrook Kingswood School (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan).
The above mentioned schools celebrate the tradition with three chefs bringing in the boar's head on a large platter accompanied by a solo singer who sings the first verse followed by torch bearers and a choir.
The procession stops before the main table and the provost distributes the herbs to the choir and the apple or orange to the solo singer.