{"product_id":"ghost-turnip-pin","title":"Ghost Turnip Pin","description":"\u003ch2 data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1774779291829_165\"\u003eGhost Turnip\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003eThe \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.museum.ie\/en-IE\/Collections-Research\/Collection\/Top-things-to-see-in-the-Irish-Folklife-Collection\/Artefact\/Ghost-turnip\/b202e8ea-0728-4b3d-b0f1-82660fe45ce9\"\u003eGhost Turnip\u003c\/a\u003e is a plaster-cast of a carved turnip that was made in 1943, who stated that it was always made locally around 1900.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003eThe tradition of carving turnips dates back to Samhain, according to the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/smart-news\/when-people-carved-turnips-instead-of-pumpkins-for-halloween-180978922\/\"\u003eSmithsonian\u003c\/a\u003e. On October 31st, which signalled the end of Summer, it was believed that ghosts were free to roam the earth. One ghost was particularly freaky.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1774779291829_168\"\u003eA drunk Irish lad called Stingy Jack who tricked the devil three times was the ghost that you didn’t want to meet. He trapped the devil up a tree (by carving a cross into it when he went up to grab an apple) and he would only let auld Lucifer down, if he promised not to drag him to hell when he died. When he popped his clogs, God didn’t want him (he was a drunk that was hanging out with the Devil, after all) and Satan \u003cem\u003ecouldn’t \u003c\/em\u003ehave him, so he sent him back to earth with a hot coal embedded into a Turnip. This \u003cem id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1774779291829_167\"\u003eJack of the Lantern\u003c\/em\u003e could be kept at back with a carved turnip (or potato) to keep yourself safe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003eSo if you want to stay safe this Samhain or Hallow’een, check out this Ghost Turnip pin for yourself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003eAnd yeah, Jack of the Lanter became the Jack O’Lantern in the US - and they used pumpkins coz they were softer and more widely available.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003ePin Details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul data-rte-list=\"true\" id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1774779291829_171\"\u003e\n\u003cli id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1774779291829_178\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1774779291829_177\"\u003e30mm tall\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e24.2mm wide\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e3D Pin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e2 Pins on back\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003eGuaranteed security from Stingy Jack\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.deadly.ie\/\"\u003eDeadly.ie\u003c\/a\u003e embossing on the back\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1774779291829_174\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1774779291829_173\"\u003eWill freak out a few people n’all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Deadly.ie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53406922539345,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1033\/1501\/3969\/files\/Ghost-Turnip.webp?v=1774782379","url":"https:\/\/deadly.ie\/products\/ghost-turnip-pin","provider":"Deadly.ie","version":"1.0","type":"link"}