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Why are pumpkins carved at Halloween?
It's a tradition to carve pumpkins on Halloween, when the pumpkins are carved they are called jack-o-lanterns.
In the US are more pumpkins carved into jack-o-lanterns or eaten?
they are eaten
What did Scotland carve insted of jack o lanterns?
Turnips were carved instead of pumpkins.
How did the jack-o-lantern come about?
It is believed that the Jack o' Lantern originated in Ireland. The first Jack o' Lanterns were not pumpkins but beets, turnips and mangelwurzel. They were carved into grotesque faces when Samhain was celebrated. Pumpkins as Jack o' Lanterns were first used in America beginning in 1834.
What was the first jack-o-lanterns carved from?
They were carved out of turnips.
What did the people in Ireland and Scotland use for their Jack-O-Lanterns?
Turnips, mangelwurzel (field beets), or large beets.
What did people in Europe use to carve instead of pumpkins on Halloween?
The Irish used pumpkins for Halloween but when they went to America they did not have pumpkins so they used onions instead. Gradually the use of pumpkins or jack-o-lanterns have become more popular.
What is the popular food used to carve jack-o-lanterns?
Pumpkins are used to carve jack-o-lanterns.
What were the first jack o lanterns made from?
Jack-o'-lanterns originally were hollowed out turnips or rutabaga, not pumpkins.
What percent of pumpkins become jack o lanterns?
65% of pumpkins are used by people to make Jack-O-Laterns.
Where did the tradition of carving pumpkins into Jack-O-Lanterns originate?
What were used as jack o' lanterns before pumpkins?
turnips
