The origins are from across the Atlantic but the holiday as it exists is definitely American. It was a fair question. Here is where it became more than just All Hallow’s Eve and All Souls Day.
@ well, Halloween is my favourite holiday and everything I have ever read stated that although it obviously all started in Europe, it was a minor holiday, more or less that was never a big deal. It wasn’t until the 1920’s to 1930’s in America that it took off as a major holiday- planned-for all October, house decorations, costume parties, trick-or-treating. When I was a child we began working on our costumes in September.
@@stephfoxwell4620 Is the Punkie the same as the Pooka. Are childern told that he spits or pees on fruit so that childern do not ear blackberries or apples after Halloween
@sobraine123 In English tradition the devil urinates on blackberries on Michaelmas day. 29 September. Punkie Night is the last Thursday in October. Puca/Pwca were shapeshifting fairies in pre Saxon folklore.
I recall when I was a kid, one year we didn't do jack-o-lanterns. It was Halloween, before going trick or treating I quickly ran into my house. I got an apple out of the fridge and carved eyes, nose, and a mouth onto it. I then put it in my front porch for all to see.
I’m from Ireland and I remember back in the 1980s as a kid I decided to carve a turnip as I heard of the tradition. It was so difficult! Pumpkins are definitely easier to carve but I do think the turnip looks scarier.
When I was a child, we carved turnips and it took a lot of effort compared to pumpkins. Sometimes we would be carving away for several days after coming home from school. I am from Scotland; Ayrshire to be precise. We would politely remind that Scotland is steeped in Hallowe'en traditions that are hundreds of years old, if not a thousand or two. Robert Burns described many of them in his poem 'Hallowe'en'.
All the things that little ancient island (the Land of Saints & Scholars) on the edge of Europe has given to the World☘ Halloween, Paddy's Day, Irish Pubs, Gorilla Warfare, Turnip Lamps. How can it ever be repaid ? .
Yes! and lots more things that were revolutionary. Boycotting, whiskey, the hypodermic needle, punctuation and spaces between words are but a few more.
Yes. Include the fear of showers, toothpaste and soap, and don't forget to wear an Ireland T shirt before going out to end up vomiting on the footpath so people in other countries know exactly that you are Irish. Talk in English about how much the Irish are loved everywhere and how the English are not. Always say; A mate of mine does/done/is/was etc.... and it's Guerrilla Warfare ffs.... Scholars ))))))
@@jamescornflake1542 Ohh.. how triggered are you ! And also, the Irish have a sense of humour😉 And, the Irish also gave Lynching it's name. Your right "Guerrilla", feckin' Spellchecker🤦♂ .
I'm from Denmark and we also used to make turnip lanterns. I made turnip lanterns with my granddad when I was a child - that is many years ago. Unfortunately I haven't got any idea if there's a story behind it. I guess there has to be, even though I've never heard of it. Maybe there's some kind of connection to the Irish myth, but I don't know. We call them "turnip men".
You could have some irish in you It would be very rare for someone like your grandfather too celebrate Halloween since barely any immigration took place from Ireland even today in many places its still looked at as foreign culture Most of Denmark got its Halloween from American influences but if you were using turnips that is very different since when Americans adopted Halloween they created the pumpkins and called it Jack O lantern which is irish folk while only us irish and ancient celtic people used the turnips.
The turnip was used too scare the spirits Irish and celtic religions believe Halloween is the start too the winter. The sun in our myth or old pagen beliefs was the dagdha the god of gods he was represented as the summer sun weak and old while his adopted child the god of war lugh is the winter sun On Halloween the dagdha and his son pass over roles of being the sun amd during this period he afterlife can enter the living world this was a time too visit family tombs but old irish also believed bad spirits cross over like the púca this brings in the turnip lantern and dressing up The dress up is too hide you from bad spirits and the burning lantern scares them away here in Ireland we also burn bonfires at the end of the night there is no clear reason why but some historians say its sacred and paying respect too the daghda too receive help sending the evil back pretty much old irish believed every Halloween was a fight against hell that they might not wake up from.
@@Trueghh No, I'm sorry, but that's a misunderstanding. My grandparents never celebrated Halloween. I don't know why my grandfather made turnip lanterns, but he did and he told me that it was an old tradition that used to be very common among people living in the countryside, not for Halloween, but it was something they did during the winter - at least in our small part of Denmark. 🙂 There's usually some kind of myth behind such a tradition. Unfortunately I don't know what it is. As we have never celebrated Halloween, I assume it's not the same as the story of the Jack-o'lantern.
@@Trueghh Oh yes, we would carve all kinds of faces, then we put small candles inside and placed them by the front door. And I even remember there was snow at that time. Maybe I should add that my grandparents lived on a farm - I also grew up on a small farm - so we had lots of turnips. Some sorts even tast quite good. 😀
Stingy Jack invited the Devil to have a drink with him. True to his name, Stingy Jack didn’t want to pay for his drink, so he convinced the Devil to turn himself into a coin that Jack could use to buy their drinks. Once the Devil did so, Jack decided to keep the money and put it into his pocket next to a silver cross, which prevented the Devil from changing back into his original form. Jack eventually freed the Devil, under the condition that he would not bother Jack for one year and that, should Jack die, he would not claim his soul. The next year, Jack again tricked the Devil into climbing into a tree to pick a piece of fruit. While he was up in the tree, Jack carved a sign of the cross into the tree’s bark so that the Devil could not come down until the Devil promised Jack not to bother him for ten more years. Soon after, Jack died. As the legend goes, God would not allow such an unsavory figure into heaven. The Devil, upset by the trick Jack had played on him and keeping his word not to claim his soul, would not allow Jack into hell. He sent Jack off into the dark night with only a burning coal to light his way. Jack put the coal into a carved-out turnip and has been roaming the Earth with ever since. The Irish began to refer to this ghostly figure as “Jack of the Lantern,” and then, simply “Jack O’Lantern
No its not Irish used the lantern while walking the streets too scare spirits your preaching Christian nonsense Halloween was not viewed by celts as a happy holiday.
I am from Ireland. When I was small it was simply a time to remember those that have died. Not all this bollix that people do nowadays. All Souls Day. Simple. It was not a time for fireworks blowing children's fingers apart or yet another excuse for grown ups to drink to excess in the back garden. Dilution or souping up of our culture continues (( Bye bye real Ireland forever....
@@jonathanmcvay4499 Not its not its irish Americans changed the turnip too a pumpkin and use trick or treat for sweets Irish used a turnip and trick or treat was for normal food in ancient ireland and not called trick or treat Ye changed 2 things but claim the whole festival😂😂 Every other Halloween tradition comes from Ireland unchanged like bonfires which ye don't even d.o
Thank you for giving Ireland a mention of Halloween and its traditions. It's been americanised so much that its orogin has been forgotten. I'm not going to ramble on Bram Stoken and Dracula. Same story of americanised marketing 🙄
I believe that the turnips are 1000% scarier than the pumpkins
Me too!
@@roberthintz4017 *seagull noises*
They're also a lot scarier to carve...
i've never seen such a sinister looking vegetable in my life
Naming no names, but have you watched any coverage of the US Presidential campaign?
@@dorsetdumpling5387 OH SHE DIDN'T. SCREAM 💀
They taste and look better when cooked. Try it in a stew or simply mashed with some pepper....mmmm
I remember carving turnips back in the 60's here in the UK, they're tough to carve!
Yes, we always carved turnips as well, but pumpkins are much easier. The good old days were not always so good.
@@stephenjames674 So true.
I remember carving turnips for Halloween here in England back when I was a kid. Good times!
Not so long ago, a Yank asked me if we in Ireland, had ever heard of a yearly event called "Halloween" that they celebrate in the US.... 😁
I hope you gave him a suitably sarcastic answer. Never heard of halloween before. Do you Americans really carve faces into pumpkins?
@@Nick-zp3ub Oh I did! I asked him did he ever hear of a thing called "Thanks Giving".........(not that we celebrate that).🤣
The origins are from across the Atlantic but the holiday as it exists is definitely American. It was a fair question. Here is where it became more than just All Hallow’s Eve and All Souls Day.
@@jonathanmcvay4499 Halloween has existed in Ireland for over a thousand years, so........
@ well, Halloween is my favourite holiday and everything I have ever read stated that although it obviously all started in Europe, it was a minor holiday, more or less that was never a big deal. It wasn’t until the 1920’s to 1930’s in America that it took off as a major holiday- planned-for all October, house decorations, costume parties, trick-or-treating. When I was a child we began working on our costumes in September.
Grew up carving turnips as a kid in Ireland.
I remember carving mangold wurzels in Somerset in the 70s and early 80s. Very hard for a child to carve!
same in Wiltshire
Punkie Night.
@@stephfoxwell4620 Is the Punkie the same as the Pooka. Are childern told that he spits or pees on fruit so that childern do not ear blackberries or apples after Halloween
@sobraine123 In English tradition the devil urinates on blackberries on Michaelmas day. 29 September.
Punkie Night is the last Thursday in October. Puca/Pwca were shapeshifting fairies in pre Saxon folklore.
I learned so much in this short video!! 🎃
Same here! Love little history films like this.
This video made me wanna make one of those turnip jack-o lantern
I recall when I was a kid, one year we didn't do jack-o-lanterns. It was Halloween, before going trick or treating I quickly ran into my house. I got an apple out of the fridge and carved eyes, nose, and a mouth onto it. I then put it in my front porch for all to see.
I’m from Ireland and I remember back in the 1980s as a kid I decided to carve a turnip as I heard of the tradition. It was so difficult! Pumpkins are definitely easier to carve but I do think the turnip looks scarier.
That’s a turnip for the books
Legend.
Why couldn’t this video have been posted 2 days ago?? Now we gotta wait till next Halloween to make one. 😞
When I was a child, we carved turnips and it took a lot of effort compared to pumpkins. Sometimes we would be carving away for several days after coming home from school. I am from Scotland; Ayrshire to be precise. We would politely remind that Scotland is steeped in Hallowe'en traditions that are hundreds of years old, if not a thousand or two. Robert Burns described many of them in his poem 'Hallowe'en'.
That's what I remember a Jack O'Lantern looking like.
All the things that little ancient island (the Land of Saints & Scholars) on the edge of Europe has given to the World☘
Halloween, Paddy's Day, Irish Pubs, Gorilla Warfare, Turnip Lamps. How can it ever be repaid ?
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Yes! and lots more things that were revolutionary. Boycotting, whiskey, the hypodermic needle, punctuation and spaces between words are but a few more.
And now it's own government is destroying the country. Sad times
Yes. Include the fear of showers, toothpaste and soap, and don't forget to wear an Ireland T shirt before going out to end up vomiting on the footpath so people in other countries know exactly that you are Irish. Talk in English about how much the Irish are loved everywhere and how the English are not. Always say; A mate of mine does/done/is/was etc.... and it's Guerrilla Warfare ffs.... Scholars ))))))
@@jamescornflake1542
Ohh.. how triggered are you !
And also, the Irish have a sense of humour😉
And, the Irish also gave Lynching it's name.
Your right "Guerrilla", feckin' Spellchecker🤦♂
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I’ve always been afraid of turnips.
Samhain is the origin of halloween so a small island gave us 2 big holidays
The origins are European but Halloween as the holiday it exists is wholly American.
@jonathanmcvay4499 hahahahhahahahhahaha
Punkie Night here in Devon.
The turnip in the thumbnail looks like a ninja turtle.
To me it looks like the aliens from Fire in the Sky
Thought of horror film The Mummy
I'm from Denmark and we also used to make turnip lanterns. I made turnip lanterns with my granddad when I was a child - that is many years ago. Unfortunately I haven't got any idea if there's a story behind it. I guess there has to be, even though I've never heard of it. Maybe there's some kind of connection to the Irish myth, but I don't know.
We call them "turnip men".
You could have some irish in you
It would be very rare for someone like your grandfather too celebrate Halloween since barely any immigration took place from Ireland even today in many places its still looked at as foreign culture
Most of Denmark got its Halloween from American influences but if you were using turnips that is very different since when Americans adopted Halloween they created the pumpkins and called it Jack O lantern which is irish folk while only us irish and ancient celtic people used the turnips.
The turnip was used too scare the spirits
Irish and celtic religions believe Halloween is the start too the winter.
The sun in our myth or old pagen beliefs was the dagdha the god of gods he was represented as the summer sun weak and old while his adopted child the god of war lugh is the winter sun
On Halloween the dagdha and his son pass over roles of being the sun amd during this period he afterlife can enter the living world this was a time too visit family tombs but old irish also believed bad spirits cross over like the púca this brings in the turnip lantern and dressing up
The dress up is too hide you from bad spirits and the burning lantern scares them away here in Ireland we also burn bonfires at the end of the night there is no clear reason why but some historians say its sacred and paying respect too the daghda too receive help sending the evil back pretty much old irish believed every Halloween was a fight against hell that they might not wake up from.
@@Trueghh No, I'm sorry, but that's a misunderstanding. My grandparents never celebrated Halloween. I don't know why my grandfather made turnip lanterns, but he did and he told me that it was an old tradition that used to be very common among people living in the countryside, not for Halloween, but it was something they did during the winter - at least in our small part of Denmark. 🙂
There's usually some kind of myth behind such a tradition. Unfortunately I don't know what it is. As we have never celebrated Halloween, I assume it's not the same as the story of the Jack-o'lantern.
@JeDindk
Nah jack O lantern is a Christian story but comes from irish folk originally
Did ye carve faces into the turnip or just a hole?.
@@Trueghh Oh yes, we would carve all kinds of faces, then we put small candles inside and placed them by the front door. And I even remember there was snow at that time.
Maybe I should add that my grandparents lived on a farm - I also grew up on a small farm - so we had lots of turnips. Some sorts even tast quite good. 😀
What did you say??
I'm surprised the BBC can't do a good audio mix.
I remember turnip lanterns in the 90s. Pumpkins were hard to find unless there was a farm shop nearby or you grew them from seed
Carving turnips is alive and well on the Isle of Man to this day
Why is the guy in a cupboard. BBC funding 👌
No such thing as pumpkin in 1970's NW England either, turnip lanterns were the norm here, I can still smell them.
Thanks for oldey timey stories gramps
@@vice.nor.virtue No worries my young spunkbubble.
Another thing relevant is that a lot of people in the NW had Irish ancestry.
@@69waveydavey I get to my day-job by spinning my sperm flagellum around lololol
Not all turnips are humble, some are vengeful.
Turnips inspired pumpkin carving, and I see how it inspired the mythology of aliens visiting and abducting humans.
Remember carving turnips (swedes) as a kid. It was awful. It was like carving stone.
Intersting
I pity the poor bastards who had to carve out a rutabaga.
Those veggies take no prisoners.
Yes it was turnips in 1960s😮
File under...who knew??? ❤☮🌎
They never said what tricks exactly Stingy Jack played.
Stingy Jack invited the Devil to have a drink with him. True to his name, Stingy Jack didn’t want to pay for his drink, so he convinced the Devil to turn himself into a coin that Jack could use to buy their drinks. Once the Devil did so, Jack decided to keep the money and put it into his pocket next to a silver cross, which prevented the Devil from changing back into his original form.
Jack eventually freed the Devil, under the condition that he would not bother Jack for one year and that, should Jack die, he would not claim his soul. The next year, Jack again tricked the Devil into climbing into a tree to pick a piece of fruit. While he was up in the tree, Jack carved a sign of the cross into the tree’s bark so that the Devil could not come down until the Devil promised Jack not to bother him for ten more years.
Soon after, Jack died. As the legend goes, God would not allow such an unsavory figure into heaven. The Devil, upset by the trick Jack had played on him and keeping his word not to claim his soul, would not allow Jack into hell. He sent Jack off into the dark night with only a burning coal to light his way. Jack put the coal into a carved-out turnip and has been roaming the Earth with ever since. The Irish began to refer to this ghostly figure as “Jack of the Lantern,” and then, simply “Jack O’Lantern
@@balorgalore5629wow. I’m 62. Have never heard of that legend. It would make a great movie!
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They are not to protect you from spirts. You put them in your home to get the spirts of your loved ones to visit.
No its not
Irish used the lantern while walking the streets too scare spirits your preaching Christian nonsense
Halloween was not viewed by celts as a happy holiday.
I think turnips are cute. Always have.
All the pumpkin foods and drinks you love except it's made out of turnip 😢
I like turnips much better than pumpkin!
What happened to all the British presenters
The surfaces of the carved turnips look like dried skin 😨!
This history of Halloween is a real story. 🎃🎃
Leads to the other dilemma - turnip or swede? 😂
Neeps.
They look like the bandaged traffic warden from Threads 💀
We always use turnips. It is not fun scooping them out.
I am from Ireland. When I was small it was simply a time to remember those that have died. Not all this bollix that people do nowadays. All Souls Day. Simple. It was not a time for fireworks blowing children's fingers apart or yet another excuse for grown ups to drink to excess in the back garden. Dilution or souping up of our culture continues (( Bye bye real Ireland forever....
The origins are in Europe/Ireland but the holiday as it exists is American. No one says you have to observe it.
@@jonathanmcvay4499
Not its not its irish
Americans changed the turnip too a pumpkin and use trick or treat for sweets
Irish used a turnip and trick or treat was for normal food in ancient ireland and not called trick or treat
Ye changed 2 things but claim the whole festival😂😂
Every other Halloween tradition comes from Ireland unchanged like bonfires which ye don't even d.o
Lad you know nothing about what Halloween was you practiced thw catholic mockery not the irish festival.
@ I would rather celebrate it there in Ireland instead of in the brand-new Authoritarian States of America.
Accidentally clicked on this and as it played i thought wow I don't believe a word the BBC say anymore so I wrote this and clicked off.
Thank you for giving Ireland a mention of Halloween and its traditions. It's been americanised so much that its orogin has been forgotten. I'm not going to ramble on Bram Stoken and Dracula. Same story of americanised marketing 🙄
I couldn’t find one big enough this year.
people always scream when I turnip.
Dominion (2018)
What??
One in a long list of how America has ruined Halloween.
No it isn’t. The origins are European but the holiday as it exists is American.
Pumpkins are native to Mexico and Central America, not the US.
미국 기밀은 한국에서 탈취햇음 갖고 나가지 못해서 외워서 가져나왓지만
More useless crap from these people 👎🏼
In what sense is it useless and crap? You prefer staying incurious and ignorant.
@@kellydalstok8900 With a name like his, i suspect hes English, with a huge chip on his shoulder?
@@COOLOCKER By their profile they are clearly American and right wing, one of the worst types of people.
Don’t watch.
Turn the shitty music off , we can't hear what they are saying
No
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