Meaning of neep lantern | Babel Free

Definitions

A lantern made from a hollowed-out turnip, traditionally used as decoration at Halloween.

Scotland

Examples

“A third was a two-headed spectre, the upper one being a fiery head, that bore a suspicious resemblance to a neep lantern, and his body, or what should have been his body, was wrapped in a while sheet.”

“A neep lantern bobbing by the end of the palisade, near the Smith house, where a clutch of bairns stood in the footpath waiting for him.”

“He always finished first in the annual Hallowe'en neep lantern competition though it was meant to be done by the pupils themselves.”

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