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Bodhipaksa

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Scotland's most prolific Buddhist author? Living in New Hampshire. Author of books on meditation and Buddhist practice. Dad. Vegan. FakeBuddhaQuote-ologist.
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2 years ago • •

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I’m wondering if anyone in Scotland still carves turnips. We did when we were kids, which is a lot later than the “19th and early 20th century” dates this article gives.

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@Sarah Brown @Liz Ellis She/Her🌳 @beforewisdom :vegan: :tofu:🦣 @Bodhipaksa Same here. We didn’t do trick or treat because parents felt it was akin to “demanding money with menaces” but I remember turnip carving at… school I think?
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@andrewhickeywriter @goatsarah @LizEllisPhD Kind of reminds me of learning French in high school in the mid-70's, and having to learn words like courgette and aubergine. We had no idea what those things were! For us, veg was potatoes, onions, leeks, turnips, carrots.
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@ajlanes @goatsarah @LizEllisPhD we went guising in NE Scotland in the 80s, sort of like trick or treat, but you did a little party piece (tell a joke, sing a song) in return for the treats.
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@goatsarah @ajlanes @LizEllisPhD @mobbsy

We had guising, which involved doing a party piece, and then penny for the guy in the run-up to the 5th. It was a great time for kids, except for being expected to sing a wee song!

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@ajlanes @goatsarah
no trick or treat, but we had mischief night, which was basically demanding stuff with menaces as well. There was no expectation that you'd get anything, not like now. And we were serious, eggs thrown and stuff.
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