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Fran H-B

My childhood in the SE of England rarely had any Halloween celebrations other than apple bobbing at Brownies. My older sister's attended Scottish dancing classes; a treasured photo shows them dressed as bats ( my mother had done amazing things with dyed sheets) holding turnip lanterns carved by my father. i don't think I saw a real pumpkin until I was in the USA in the early '80's. Now we are awash with them!

Helen

We used to use turnips too, definitely harder to carve but they now seem more 'authentic'. I didn't see a pumpkin for many years. Halloween was a big event for us as children, but when we went round the houses we mostly got apples and nuts and, very rarely, sweets.

Mary

Lovely wool! Yes, it was turnips for me, too - though I'm sure we only did one as they were so hard to carve. And a Halloween cake - a barm back with a wedding ring inside. I was convinced the ring was real gold!

Mary

Sorry, barm brack! Spellcheck has clearly never encountered traditional cake!

fifiquilter

Ah, the tumshie heid of beloved memory! The yarn looks beautiful - look forward to seeing the finished object.

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