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Historically, people in Ireland and Scotland, carved scary faces into turnips or potatoes and placing them into windows or near doors to frighten away wandering evil spirits. The English used large beets.
Once immigrants came to the United States they discovered that pumpkins, a fruit native to America, was the perfect carving fruit.
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∙ 12y agoTurnip. The tradition of carving a lantern started in the British Isles and was originally carved out of a turnip.
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∙ 15y agosquash and any other large hard vegy
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∙ 7y agoPumpkins
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∙ 11y agoPumpkin
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∙ 12y agoa pumpkin
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What are jackolanterns made of?
Carved out of pumpkins.
What vegetable was carved before pumpkin?
gourds
Where the idea of jackolanterns?
for Halloween
Jack o lanterns were originally carved using what vegetable?
Turnips.
What vegetable is carved and judged at a festival in Oaxaca Mexico?
Radishes is the vegetable. The festival is La Noche de la Rabinos.
In Scotland what vegetable is traditionally carved into a Jack o'lantern?
At Halloween in Scotland a turnip or swede would be carved to make a lantern.
Jack-O-Lanterns were originally carved using what vegetable?
"Turnips" and sometimes potatoes.
What name is given to the cut out pumpkin light holders that appear at Halloween?
jackolanterns
What is pumpkins prior use?
its for being able to use jackolanterns when u giving a bich good s3x
What vegetable was traditionally carved into a jack-o'-lantern in Scotland?
The vegetable was a turnip. It was a turnip because the Celts believed that the head contained wisdom and the energy of the body. They would "headhunt" them and stick them to the doors to frighten off harmful spirits.
What were the first jackolantern carved from?
The first Jack of the Lanterns were probably carved into a turnip or potato. The turnip eventually became the Jack o' Lantern vegetable, that is, until those people (from Ireland) started moving to America. They could not find many turnips, so they started carving pumpkins, instead.
Where Were jackolanterns originated?
Jack-o-lanterns originated in Mexico for the night of the living dead celebration (Halloween) to keep away evil spirits.
