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Irish Mirror
National
Grace Hoffman & David Kent

Woman's 'genius' hack for carving pumpkins has convinced people they're doing it wrong

If there's anyone who knows how to carve a pumpkin, it's an Irish person.

After all, we invented Halloween (via Samhain) and the majority of things to do with it, like banshees, bonfires and both growing and carving pumpkins.

The less said about carving turnips the better, particularly the grotesque ones.

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Now though, a TikTok video may have changed the way that people carve the orange fruits.

As the Mirror UK report, grandmother's clip and technique has gone viral with over 24.6 million views.

Instead of cutting the pumpkin at the top to open it up, she goes from the bottom.

Babs - who has raked in a whopping following for posing as "everyone's grandmother" - initially shared a video of the dos and don'ts of pumpkin carving.

Pick out your pumpkin and get carving! (Parkdean Resorts)

However, her viewers were gobsmacked as she took the knife to the bottom of the pumpkin rather than the top - a "genius" method meaning that it'll sit on top of the candle easier.

And most importantly, it'll stop your hand from being burned when you cut the top and place the lit flame into the carved squash.

Captioning the viral clip, which has since exceeded 24.6 million views, Babs added: "Carve from bottom. That way you have the stem to hold onto and you can easily slip the pumpkin right over a candle or flashlight."

The grandmother-of-eight chose to sprinkle cinnamon in the inside of her pumpkin before placing the open bottom over a lit candle.

"The end shocked me. I have never seen the pumpkin cut from the bottom. Genius," one person gushed.

A second exclaimed: "I was today years old when I realised I've been doing this the hard way my entire life!!!!!!"

Another agreed: "God, I love you! I have been doing everything wrong in the last 40 plus years of my life!!!"

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