1986 HALLO'EEN/HOP TU NAA

 On the night before Hallowe'en I make 
 my lantern.I get a turnip and a knife 
 and a spoon.I cut off the top of the  
 turnip and then get a spoon and scoop 
 the flesh out.Then I make a well in   
 the bottom for the candle to keep it  
 in the lantern.I light the candle to  
 melt some wax, because when the wax   
 hardens it keeps the candle in the    
 well.I also cut patterns of moons,    
 stars, witches monsters and cats on   
 the turnip surface.                   
   When I go out on Hop Tu Naa a friend
 comes round and we take a box of      
 matches.The light often goes out and  
 needs relighting.We go to lots of     
 houses and sing the Hop Tu Naa        
 song.                                 
    "Hop Tu Naa your father's gone away
     and he won't be back until the    
     morning."                         
 There is more to this rhyme also.     
 

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