Punkie Night (English, name)
expansion: Punkie Night
Senses:
qualifier: chiefly Somerset
glosses: A night near the end of October, related to Halloween, observed in parts of South West England by the displaying of punkies (“lanterns similar to jack-o'-lanterns”), and traditionally by children begging for candles for their punkies and threatening people who refuse their requests.
tags: England
South
West
Forms: