The traditional craft of hollowing out a tough old turnip to make a Halloween lantern is alive and well, according to pictures sent by BBC Scotland News website readers. Examples of neep lanterns were ...

GUISING. Dooking for apples. Damaging various kitchen ­implements while trying to ­hollow out a turnip to make a neep lantern, then carrying it around the neighbourhood. For Scots of a ­certain age, ...

HOW well do you know Halloween? Many of us blithely believe that, with this being an annual event celebrated in some form or other for centuries, we all have a fairly good handle on proceedings by now ...

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Hamilton is to host Scotland’s first-ever “neep-picking patch” in a special three-day pre-Halloween celebration which aims to revive the dwindling Scots tradition of carving “tumshie lanterns”.

Halloween, the time when spirits break through into the mortal realm, is almost upon us. Old Hallow's Eve has its roots in the ancient Gaelic festival of Samhain, which marks the end of the harvest ...

The traditional craft of hollowing out a tough old turnip to make a Halloween lantern is alive and well, according to pictures sent by BBC Scotland News website readers. Examples of neep lanterns were ...

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Nicky Hall's husband uses turnips and other vegetables to make spooky, but friendly-looking lanterns The traditional craft of hollowing out a tough old turnip to make a Halloween lantern is alive and ...