Hop-Tu-Naa

Growing up in the Isle of Man, we had our own version of Halloween, and ours predated the American version. Hop-Tu-Naa involved carving turnips into lanterns; a much more difficult task than all this effete pumpkin rubbish. More background here, although I am truly saddened by the lacklustre attempts of the children to sing Hop Tu Naa. I don’t even recognise the tune, so badly do they do it. That’s the trouble with the children of today, no sense of tradition…