As a kid trick-or-treating in 1980s’ N. Ireland, we used turnips. Carving those fuckers was an insanely dangerous and difficult thing for a child to do. They’re rock solid all the way through. Brutal. And ugly as fuck, which is at least in keeping with the spirit of things!
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As a kid trick-or-treating in 1980s’ N. Ireland, we used turnips. Carving those fuckers was an insanely dangerous and difficult thing for a child to do. They’re rock solid all the way through. Brutal. And ugly as fuck, which is at least in keeping with the spirit of things!
If you don’t wanna read Irish Central and have 20TB of cookies stored on your system, the Wikipedia article is better:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack-o'-lantern