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Tumshie

The Forgotten Turnip Lantern

Mark Mechan author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:The Gresham Publishing Co. Ltd

Published:10th Sep '20

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Tumshie cover

Tumshie is the Halloween story of a dad and son making old fashioned Halloween lanterns and a costume together. The story is set today in Scotland, and it's inspired by how a Scottish Halloween used to be celebrated. Back when Halloween meant 'guising' (today that is trick or treating) and 'dooking for apples' (bobbing for apples) and carving out a tumshie (Scots for turnip) was a rite of passage for Scottish children who needed the strength of an ox and the stubbornness of a donkey.

ISBN: 9781849345323

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

32 pages