LL-L "Festivals" 2002.09.25 (10) [E]

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From: Thomas <t.mcrae at uq.net.au>
Subject: LL-L "Festivals" 2002.09.25 (07) [E]

on 26/9/02 2:49, Thomas Byro <thbyro at earthlink.net> wrote:

> We had a local festival in the Rahden area, Suenematen (please pardon
> spellings).  It was much like Halloween with the difference that we
hollowed
> out a turnip called a Kuerbis, rather than a pumpkin, and carved out a
> frightening face, put a lit candle in it and put it out.  We would also go
> from house to house, singing a song.

This is fascinating Tom as the Tom responding to you grew up in Edinburgh
Scotland and we always made what we called "neep lanterns" at Halloween just
as you described before going round the houses Guisin'. Pumpkins were never
used as they are native to America and their carving probably evolved there
from our turnip lanterns.
Regards
Tom

Tom Mc Rae PSOC
Brisbane Australia
"The masonnis suld mak housis stark and rude,
To keep the pepill frome the stormes strang,
And he that fals, the craft it gois all wrang."
>From 15th century Scots Poem 'The Buke of the Chess'

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