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In rural America here, we use them to throw pumpkins!
Today - Smashing Pumpkins
Today - The Smashing Pumpkins song - was created on 1993-09-30.
Well some people use them for throwing pumpkins, but other then we don't really use them.
It originated in Ireland. They carved turnips to serve as lanterns as they went out on All Hallow's eve. In the US pumpkins and other squash were more common and used, evolving into the carving we have today.
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Acrylic paint, markers, glitter, and fabric can be used to paint on pumpkins creatively.
Pumpkins are often used to create jack-o-lanterns on Halloween.
The Irish used to carve turnips instead of pumpkins.
for Halloween they use them for jack-a-lanterns
65% of pumpkins are used by people to make Jack-O-Laterns.
Pumpkins can be used for many things like pumpkin pies, and are even associated with Cinderella, but what is the main use of pumpkins? Jack-o'-lanterns of course! It is said that 99 percent of pumpkins are used to carve jack-o'-lanterns for Halloween!