9 Advantages of carving turnip Jack O’lanterns The English Heritage even installed several ghoulishly carved turnips at the Dover Castle to inspire people, but I don’t think it’s caught on yet, but time will tell. In 2015, a pumpkin shortage led to the English Heritage calling for Brits to rediscover and bring back the original tradition of turnip carving to address reduced supplies of pumpkins caused by wet weather. There have been several attempts to revive this almost forgotten tradition of carving turnip Jack O’lanterns. Photo source of English Heritage turnip carver and carved turnips Photo source () English Heritage wants you to use turnips due to a possible pumpkin shortage How adults and children can celebrate Halloween in France If you haven’t already read these, you might be interested in:ġ0 things you didn’t know about Halloween in France Of course, we also carved a pumpkin and made pumpkins seeds. I decided to give turnip carving a go and created several turnip Jack O’lanterns this Halloween with my daughter. The newly arrived immigrants discovered North American orange pumpkins were perfect for carving, and so began the new custom of carving orange pumpkins, which is now popular throughout the world, not just in North America. It wasn’t until the mid-1800s when Irish and Scottish immigrants brought their custom of carving lanterns out of roots to North America that the tradition changed. The original European Jack-O-lanterns- named for the Irish myth, were carved mainly from turnips and other roots such as rutabagas, potatoes or beets and looked truly grotesque and monstrous compared to today’s festive or goofy carved orange pumpkins. ** Photo source: Irish turnip (rutabaga) lantern on display in Ireland at the National Museum of Ireland- Country life. Unfortunately, they were all too far, mainly located just outside of Paris.Īs usual, I got sucked into the internet rabbit hole and came upon some interesting facts about the tradition of carving pumpkin Jack O’lanterns that was so different, so new to me I didn’t believe it when I first read it. Why carve a turnip Jack O’lantern?Ī few years ago, I searched for a pumpkin patch near our house in the south of France.
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