Tag: neep
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looks like your dodgy uncle
time hasn’t been kind to the neep lantern‘s fizzog -
Neep Lantern 2021
My neep lantern for Halloween 2021 What you can’t see is the smell of Halloween: the hum of charred turnip from the candle inside.
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SuperLanterns Last All Summer Long
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.
Neep Lantern — Age: 0 days It looked pretty good on the day:
Neep Lantern — Age: 1 day (Halloween) Unlike pumpkins, turnips last. I left it out in the front garden.
Neep Lantern — Age: 43 days It went very wizened:
Neep Lantern — Age: 124 days It disappeared towards the end of May 2016. This was the last time I saw it:
Neep Lantern — Age: 203 days
