Better times were ahead. Enter Fawkes and the rest of the conspirators who tried to get Spain to invade, were unsuccessful, and decided to blow the offending parties up, kidnap the princess, and return England to a Catholic country. So far none of this has anything to do with Halloween, but now every year Guy Fawkes is burnt in effigy. Don t ask me why they burn him, as his end was very different. Adults often dressed Guy then take the mask off and place it on the dummy Guy and burn him.
Early hand painted paper masks are very rare and valuable.
Finding masks today that look like the Guy is very difficult, as they were made to be burnt. Some of these were very elaborate. A mask worn by some adults and bonfires that were popular to burn him in effigy. A nice evening out of fun for one and all. The children didn't get into costume.