Join thousands of others who have signed up to the weekly Scotland Now newsletter for the latest Scottish heritage and culture news.Halloween these days is a much more Americanised pumkpin orientated affair but Scots of a certain age will remember the sore arms (and smell) from using a much different vegetable.The humble turnip provided a much more robust (and rewarding) opponent for children at the spookiest time of year.Long before pumpkins became popular, carving a turnip into a lantern to contain the flame that would be used to ward off evil spirits has been popular in Scotland for centuries.The tradition is said to have began with the festival of Samhain, which was regarded as a liminal time by the highly superstitious Celts.They saw.
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