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We used to make firecrackers for the fifth of November with gunpowder from the store. The powder was in pellets and we used to roll it out into a fine powder with a rolling pin, then there was a certain way of filling it into folded paper. One or two of the old hands was well up to the job, and you used to get some hefty crackers, I can tell you.