![]() ![]() Rutabaga (North American English) or swede (British English and some Commonwealth English) is a root vegetable, a form of Brassica napus (which also includes rapeseed). Top left and right: Windfall apples carved and left for birds in our garden (Photos: Grant Sherman)īottom left: File:Traditional Cornish Jack-o'-Lantern made from a turnip.jpg - Wikimedia Commonsīottom right: File:Hop-tu-naa turnip with witch and cat.jpg - Wikimedia Commons Jack-o'-lanterns were also made at Halloween time in Somerset, England (see Punkie Night) during the 19th century. In these Gaelic-speaking regions, Halloween was also the festival of Samhain and was seen as a time when supernatural beings (the Aos Sí), and the souls of the dead, walked the earth. In the 19th century, "turnips or mangel wurzels, hollowed out to act as lanterns and often carved with grotesque faces," were used on Halloween in parts of Ireland and the Scottish Highlands. It is believed that the custom of making jack-o'-lanterns at Hallowe'en time began in Ireland. The carving of vegetables has been a common practice in many parts of the world. It is common to see jack-o'-lanterns used as external and internal decorations prior to and on Halloween. However, artificial jack-o'-lanterns with electric lights are also marketed. To create the lantern effect, a light source, traditionally a flame such as a candle or tealight, is placed within before the lid is closed. In a jack-o'-lantern, the top of the pumpkin or turnip is cut off to form a lid, the inside flesh is scooped out, and an image-usually a scary or funny face-is carved out of the rind to expose the hollow interior. Jack-o'-lanterns carved from pumpkins are a yearly Halloween tradition that came to the United States with Irish immigrants. The name is also tied to the Irish legend of Stingy Jack, a drunkard who bargains with Satan and is doomed to roam the Earth with only a hollowed turnip to light his way. ![]() ![]() Its name comes from the reported phenomenon of strange lights flickering over peat bogs, called will-o'-the-wisps or jack-o'-lanterns. A jack-o'-lantern (or jack o'lantern) is a carved pumpkin, turnip, or other root vegetable lantern, commonly associated with the Halloween holiday. ![]()
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