Jack Campin: "it goes back a few centuries in Scotland and the American additions are fun."

Jack, my mothers partner, when a child lived in a part of Scotland (not sure where) but he remembered going out with other kids and pranking and having fun on Hallowe'en long before the specific 'Trick or Treat' thing came to the UK from the US.

He told me they would hollow out and decorate a swede (rutabaga/ yellow turnip) and then illuminate it with a stub of a candle inside. Carrying the neep kept their hands warm, and once the night was over, naturally the candle had cooked it and made it ready to eat, so it was supper too.