| 单词 | punkie lantern |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspunkie lantern A lantern made by setting a candle in a hollowed-out mangel-wurzel or similar vegetable. Also punkie lantern. Punkie night n. a night, usually in late October, on which punkies are paraded and displayed. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [noun] > specific days of the year Candlemas1014 May Day1267 All Souls' Dayc1300 midsummer evena1400 firstc1400 Beltane1424 midsummer eve1426 quarter day1435 Beltane1456 mid-Sundaya1475 madding-day1568 Lord Mayor's day1591 Barnaby bright1595 Lammas-eve1597 All Saints' Night1607 Handsel Monday1635 distaff's day1648 long Barnabya1657 St. Valentine's eve1671 leet-day1690 All Fools' Day1702 Boxing Day1743 April Fool's Day1748 Royal Oak Day1759 box day1765 Oak-apple Day1802 All Souls' Eve1805 mischief night1830 Shick-shack Day1847 chalk-back day1851 call night1864 Nut-Monday1867 Arbor Day1872 April Fool's1873 Labour Day1884 Martinmas Sunday1885 call day1886 Samhain1888 Juneteenth1890 Mother's Day1890 Father's Day1908 Thinking Day1927 Punkie night1931 Tweede Nuwejaar1947 the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > [noun] > lamp > lantern > made from a turnip, pumpkin, or beet turnip1766 pumpkin lantern1834 Jack-o'-lantern1837 turnip-lantern1844 punkie1931 1931 Notes & Queries 21 Nov. 372/2 At Hinton St. George, and in the neighbouring village of Lopen, mangolds, scooped out and fitted with candle ends to form lanterns, are known as ‘punkies’. During the parade of punkies, the following lines are sung: 'Tis Punkie night to-night, 'Tis Punkie night to-night. Adam and Eve, they won't believe 'Tis Punkie night to-night. 1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren xii. 267 To children in south Somerset a punkie is a home-made mangel-wurzel lantern of more artistic manufacture than those commonly made elsewhere for Hallowe'en. 1960 Guardian 10 Nov. 10/2 In Somerset ‘Punkie Night’, during the third week in October, is a great occasion in the little village of Long Sutton... Punkies..are made from hollowed-out mangels to resemble a face. 1996 R. Hutton Stations of Sun 512 I visited Hinton St George on Punkie Night 1982. 2003 Bristol Evening Post (Nexis) 22 Apr. 30 Ever since then the children of the village [sc. Hinton] parade annually with punkie lanterns, singing a punkie song to help the men remember that embarrassing night. < as lemmas |
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