Trick-or-Treat Trivia Contest: Question 3
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Here’s today’s question:
What vegetable was originally used to carve jack-o-lanterns?
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about 2 years ago
TURNIPS OR GOURDS WERE THEORIGINAL VESSEL….TO CARVE
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a turnip was used.
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Turnips were used because they considered them to look like skeleton heads
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Turnips were originally used. They were used because they looked like skeletons head. These were considered to contain (the heads) wisdom and the spirit and were stuck to the door to scare away the demons by the Celts. The Irish did it to remember Stingy Jack who wandered the earth with a turnip with a light in it because he either
about 2 years ago
Turnips were originally used to make jack-o-lanterns.
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Turnips
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Nancy Roehlk grandmawnancy@hotmail.com The 1st jack-o-lanterns were made out of turnips.
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turnip was first used to carve a pumpkin.
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Turnips were used before pumpkins.
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We use real pumpkins that we “raise”
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We also have real black cats that are kept inside, especially during the Halloween Season.
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Originally, root vegetables such as turnips, parsnips, and potatoes were used. In America, the pumpkin was used instead as time went on because it was larger and easier to carve.
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turnips were originally used.
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turnips
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