Originally, the Irish and English would carve scary faces on turnips, beets and potatoes and place them in windows to frighten wandering evil spirits on Halloween.
When they immigrated to America, they started carving pumpkins (a fruit native to America) and found they were much better suited for Jack o Lanterns.
Carved out of pumpkins.
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Turnips.
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Turnips
Jack-o-Lanterns were originally made from turnips.
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Jack-o-Lanterns were originally made from turnips.
Jack o'lanterns were originally made from large turnips.
The Tagalog term for yellow turnips is "singkamas."
Wo doesnt like turnips?