I’m Scottish. For Hallowen, it’s traditional to make lanterns out of turnips. How this was done before power tools, I’ll never know.
In 2015, I decided to make a traditional neep (that’s Scots for turnip) lantern. Yes, I used a holesaw, and turnip goo went everywhere.
![](http://scruss.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/neep-20151030.jpg)
It looked pretty good on the day:
![](http://scruss.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/neep-20151031-1024x1024.jpg)
Unlike pumpkins, turnips last. I left it out in the front garden.
![](http://scruss.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/neep-20151212-1024x1024.jpg)
It went very wizened:
![](http://scruss.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/neep-20160312-1024x1024.jpg)
It disappeared towards the end of May 2016. This was the last time I saw it:
![](http://scruss.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/neep-20160520-1024x1024.jpg)