Samhain and the Gaelic New Year, from the Fomorian Tribute to Spooky Costumes and the Turnip Lantern

Tomorrow night is Oíche Shamhna, the eve of Samhain, and in houses from Donegal to Boston somebody will be carving a face into a vegetable without quite knowing why. I…

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