Joanne Cawkwell
@cawkous.bsky.social
I work in an academic library, but also have a passion for culture especially museums and galleries, reading and dogs. I am also a new resident of Epsom.
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You can see a recreation of one of these original turnip lanterns at the @nmireland.bsky.social, which as you can see were a bit less whimsical than the modern 'traditional' faces...
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...
Ghost turnip | National Museum of Ireland
In Ireland, at Halloween, we carved turnips to create scary-faced lanterns. The term, Jack o’ Lanterns, takes its name from the folktale about Jack, who was welcome neither in Heaven or Hell and was…
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October 31, 2025 at 8:59 AM
You can see a recreation of one of these original turnip lanterns at the @nmireland.bsky.social, which as you can see were a bit less whimsical than the modern 'traditional' faces...
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...