Carving Pumpkins

Carving pumpkins is a tradition in the United States that was brought over by immigrants from Ireland and Scotland. In Ireland and Scotland there is a long tradition of carving vegetables like turnips, mangelwurzel, and rutabaga. When they came to America they brought the tradition and found that pumpkins were larger and more available. At first carved pumpkins were used for the harvest season but it eventually became part of Halloween.

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-Ben Griscom