The Irish used to set candles inside large turnips to chase off spirits believed to roam the earth.

The ship's image was reminiscent of a shish kebab skewer with one large turnip and two smaller cylinders impaled.

However, the most common of the American turnips is the Purple Top White Globe, a large white turnip with reddish-purple shoulders.

Poirot divided his attention between her movements and a large turnip of a watch which he held in the palm of his hand.

The woman of the house, who was Irish, was peeling for dinner some large white turnips, which her husband had grown in their garden.

Five feet six, he was overweight for his height and his body resembled a large turnip in shape.

For medium plants (spinach, large turnips, bush beans) nine plants per square foot with four inch spacing in required.

In the north of England and Scotland, the name turnip, or neeps, are given to the larger turnips such as the yellow rutabagas.

And still, with one eye completely closed and his nose beginning to resemble a large purple turnip, he had insisted that Jack have the best of the apples.

But the New York City delegation, which has the average intelligence of a large turnip, is not the ideal we want to shoot for.