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Podcast: Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson
Episode: If You Want To Go Old School For Halloween, Try Carving Some Turnips
Description: Chances are high you might see some carved pumpkins this Halloween, but if you want to trace the holiday back to its roots, you might want to include some root vegetables. Plus: when a college in Ohio bans a student from carving pumpkins in his dorm, he maliciously complies.
Before We Carved Pumpkins for Halloween, People Carved Turnips (Mental Floss)
Pumpkin dorm ban? Akron student carves apples, pineapple instead (FOX 8 News)
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