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Saturday, 18 November 2006 |
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Pumpkin History: References to pumpkins date back many centuries. The name pumpkin originated from the Greek word "pepon," which means large melon. "Pepon" was nasalized by the French into "pompon." The English then changed "pompon" to "Pumpion." Shakespeare referred to the "pumpion" in his Merry Wives of Windsor. American colonists changed "pumpion" into "pumpkin." The "pumpkin" is referred to in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater and Cinderella. |
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