There are numerous legends surrounding the various Halloween traditions, but the Legend of the Jack O'Lantern is one of the most popular. The story was retold for us by Mark, collector and Halloween enthusiast. Then I took it a step farther and decided to try my hand at actually carving a turnip into a lantern. I won't be winning any Martha Stewart prizes, but I was happy with the results.
©Barb Crews
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I haven’t found a turnip big enough to carve into a lamp, ( gophers eat all I grow and supermarket turnips are tiny and tender) I’m guessing in the old days they used those left a field which perhaps kept growing and got quite large and tough.