Lonan3 Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 Did you rub butter on your hands to sooth the pain perchance? Butter comes in handy for many uses! [source: Maria Schneidder & Marlon Brando?] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxchatterbox Posted October 21, 2006 Share Posted October 21, 2006 all is revealed.....MCB and friends.PKin and SQuash.. ..but seriously just hollowed out the turnip with a ice-cream scoop..made it really easy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted October 21, 2006 Share Posted October 21, 2006 ..but seriously just hollowed out the turnip with a ice-cream scoop..made it really easy... There's 10 days to go! Your turnip will be minging by the end of the month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted October 21, 2006 Share Posted October 21, 2006 How did you scoop it out with an ice cream scoop, they're like granite? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxchatterbox Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 but as the ice cream scoop is obviously made for scooping frozen ice cream so it was pretty easy scooping out the turnip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojomonkey Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 We always used turnips when I was a kid, none of this american pumpkin rubbish. They are hard and it takes committment to carve one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 I was brought up in north west lancashire. We definitely celebrated Halloween as mischief night, treacle on neighbours door handles, if we didn't get sweets or peny for the guy, and carved turnips or swedes. Inddeed the guys head was invariably the swede. So tricK or treating, no not american, and I thinka common tradition in the british isles across all sorts of christian festivals adpoting or grafting onto pre christian ones But pumpkins. Never. Witches and dressing up, never. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DjDan Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 NO NO NO Those words your giving out are just some old crappy version started in the 60's. The original was something like (same tune ish) Hop tu na Put in the pot Hop tu na i scold my throt Hop tu na i met an old woman Hop tu na she was baking bonnags Hop tu na i asked for a bit Hop tu na she gave me a bit, as big as my big toe Hop tu na she dipped in milk Hop tu na she wrapped it in silk Hop tu na tra la ley Ginny the witch jumped over the house give me a penny and I'll get her out (or.. fetch a stick to lather the mouse) hoptu naa tra la ley give me a penny before i run off by the light of the moon And if your in Peel the kids hold the moot (turnip) by the roots as a handle (very strange to see) So there you go staaue, just like the song kids (including me) have been singing since the the 70s maybe pumpkins are just another sign of hop tu naa progressing, Cut the kids some slack. Absolutely!! My Mum was raised in Peel and she taught us that song. Far more traditional. We used to sing that one. My disappointment with Hop-tu-naa is that fewer children seem to take part. Fewer children... and more teenagers throwing eggs!!!!! I live in governors hill now so.... send you children round! I've got the treats ready in waiting. I'm an avid supporter of our traditions!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manx-minx Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 This is the Ramsey version... Hop Tu Naa, Hop Tu Naa! Jinny The Witch is in your house, Give us a penny & we'll chase her out. Hop Tu Naa, Hop Tu Naa! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 Right Hop Tu Naa Manx (Douglas from the 60's) tradtions:- Get a turnip, hollow it out, cut out a face and put in a candle (not a tea light, but a proper candle). Then out on the night, not before, but only on the night and collect money, not sweets nor did we give out threats of egging some poor pensioner if they didn't come up with the goodies. the song went:- Hop Tu Naa, Hop Tu Naa My mother's gone away and she won't be back until the morning. Jinny the witch went over the house to fetch a stick to lather the mouse Hop Tu Naa Finish the evening by nibbling on the cooked turnip above the candle and counting the dosh you had made which would go towards fireworks for bonfire night. And that is the tradition as far as I am concerned; no commercialisation, no dressing up and no 'trick or f*cking treat'!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaipyr Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 Right Hop Tu Naa Manx (Douglas from the 60's) tradtions:- Get a turnip, hollow it out, cut out a face and put in a candle (not a tea light, but a proper candle). Then out on the night, not before, but only on the night and collect money, not sweets nor did we give out threats of egging some poor pensioner if they didn't come up with the goodies. the song went:- Hop Tu Naa, Hop Tu Naa My mother's gone away and she won't be back until the morning. Jinny the witch went over the house to fetch a stick to lather the mouse Hop Tu Naa Finish the evening by nibbling on the cooked turnip above the candle and counting the dosh you had made which would go towards fireworks for bonfire night. And that is the tradition as far as I am concerned; no commercialisation, no dressing up and no 'trick or f*cking treat'!. That's exactly as I remember it! And for those whimps who can't manage to cut a turnip take a look at these fancy Swiss ones - http://www.andreagrant.org/zuerich/turnip.html. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minxie Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 And for those whimps who can't manage to cut a turnip take a look at these fancy Swiss ones - Aren't they pumpkins not turnips though? Turnips are much harder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ean Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 They look like turnips, they certainly don't have the ridges on the outside that pumpkins do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxchatterbox Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 just back from seeing the M&S Christmas lights display go up in Oxford Street and find some robber has nicked the turnip from by the front door so have had to do another...hope it the previous one comes round on Halloween....and then we will see who gets a trick rather than a treat....grrrr... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staaue Posted October 29, 2006 Author Share Posted October 29, 2006 This is the article Dr Brian Stowell was refering to last Sunday, on Manx radio's 'Moghrey Jedoonee' program. It might help those of you who 'don't get' what it is all about. http://www.bbc.co.uk/isleofman/content/art...a_feature.shtml Oh, Cheers Manxchatterbox - you saved me a job this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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