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   Bodhipaksa (bodhipaksa@mastodon.scot)'s status on Thursday, 19-Oct-2023 20:42:22 JST Bodhipaksa

   • beforewisdom :vegan:

   I’m wondering if anyone in Scotland still carves turnips. We did when we were kids, which is a lot later than the “19th and early 20th century” dates this article gives.

   From: @beforewisdom
   https://veganism.social/@beforewisdom/111261235088916427

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     Liz Ellis She/Her🌳 (lizellisphd@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Oct-2023 20:42:22 JST Liz Ellis She/Her🌳

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     • beforewisdom :vegan:

     @bodhipaksa @beforewisdom As a kid in the early 70s this was normal in yorkshire and Wales as well. I don't think I even saw pumpkins for halloween until the late 90s.

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     mobbsy (mobbsy@mas.to)'s status on Friday, 20-Oct-2023 05:55:26 JST mobbsy

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     • Liz Ellis She/Her🌳
     • beforewisdom :vegan:
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     • ajlanes

     @ajlanes @goatsarah @beforewisdom @bodhipaksa @LizEllisPhD we went guising in NE Scotland in the 80s, sort of like trick or treat, but you did a little party piece (tell a joke, sing a song) in return for the treats.

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     ajlanes (ajlanes@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Friday, 20-Oct-2023 05:55:28 JST ajlanes

     • Liz Ellis She/Her🌳
     • beforewisdom :vegan:
     • goatsarah
     @goatsarah @LizEllisPhD @beforewisdom @bodhipaksa Same here. We didn’t do trick or treat because parents felt it was akin to “demanding money with menaces” but I remember turnip carving at… school I think?