John Irvine

APPLE CIDER DAY
Silas sees little point in pressing his precious apples into a sweet drink, but is willing to try something new.

#appleciderday #applecider

SCORPIO-SAGITTARIUS CUSP
Dearil McCloughlin is a Scorpio-Sagittarius cusp. The following attributes may apply to him:
Energetic, adventurous, generous, passionate, aggressive, secretive, rebellious, logical, honest, egotistic, enthusiastic, determined, humorous, impatient
#scorpiosagittariuscusp♏️♐️

HECATE’S NIGHT
For their efforts in honouring his frightful legacy, Ol’ Turnip Head offers his coven a statue of Hecate.

#hecatesnight #hecate

INTERNATIONAL WITCHES DAY
Over the centuries, Ol’ Turnip Head gathered groupies that became a coven of witches who drink from his bathwater in a boiling cauldron in order to retain immortality.

#internationalwitchesday #witches #witchsbrew #cauldron #witchcoven #witchescoven #witchcraft

INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR TOLERANCE
Ol’ Turnip Head’s rivalry with Delphine de Rochester seemingly culminates in an amicable tolerance for one another.

#internationaldayfortolerance #tolerance #badneighbors #frenemies

DAY OF THE IMPRISONED WRITER
Tristan was a liberated poet who was abducted and forced to write conformist scriptures. Defiantly, he kept writing poetry until he eventually died of malnutrition. Two centuries later, his ghost uncovers his lost works with Ol’ Turnip Head.

#dayoftheimprisonedwriter

OLD HALLOWEEN/ST. MARTIN’S DAY
Old Halloween?
You mean like… another Halloween?! With lanterns!
Well, keep your Christmas decorations in the box, because Ol’ Turnip Head is out of his crypt for an extra day!

#oldhalloween #stmartinsday #martinmas #oldhallowmas #oldhallowmaseve

11/11 (REMEMBRANCE DAY/ARMISTICE DAY/VETERANS DAY)
There’s a corner in Silas’ cemetery that commemorates those killed in conflict. Coincidentally, Adrienne’s great-great-grandfather, who died in the First World War, is among them. #remembranceday #armistaceday #veteransday #poppy #ww1 #weremember

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WORLD RADIOGRAPHY DAY
Prof. Ulysses tests the effects of his new x-ray technology on a zombie that may soon become radioactive.

#worldradiographyday #radiography #xray #xraytech #zombie

GUY FAWKES NIGHT
Captivated by the idea of Bonfire Night, Silas and the vampires pile a load of planks, wooden stakes and a few occupied body bags to set up fireworks of their own.
#guyfawkesnight #bonfirenight #fireworks #fireworks #gunpowderplot #gunpowder

WORLD JELLYFISH DAY
Swimming underwater through jellyfish tentacles is pure therapy to Ol’ Turnip Head.

#worldjellyfishday #worldjellyfishday🪼 #jellyfish #jellyfishes #jellyfish🪼 #jellyfishes🪼

DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS / DAY OF THE DEAD
Si Gustavo no puede ir al Día de los Muertos, entonces el Día de los Muertos vendrá a Gustavo.
If Gustavo can’t go to the Day of the Dead, then the Day of the Dead will come to Gustavo.

#díadelosmuertos💀 #díadelosmuertos #dayofthedead #dayofthedeadmakeup

ALL SOULS’ DAY
Gustavo joins Silas for a dignified end of Halloweenseason, offering a painted skull in lieu of flowers on Paige Bycroft’s grave. Silas always tends to visit his ghost lover’s grave at this time of the year.

#allsoulsday #commemorationofallthefaithfuldeparted #honourthedead

SAMHAIN (ALL HALLOWS)
Ol’ Turnip Head joins Drusilla and their coven around the bonfire to celebrate their New Year.

#samhain #samhainblessings #allhallows #sauin #witchesnewyear

October 22 2025
The new ringmaster drags the League of Forced Laughs to the realms of the undead. Never had there been funnier additions to Ol’ Turnip Head’s cemetery.
#clown #clowns #zombie #zombies #zombieclown #zombieclowns

October 21 2025
Silas decides to take over the League of Forced Laughs, but decides to kick the clowns to the curb! Shedding his shameful Clown King persona, he becomes the Ringmaster for their revamped circus.
#clowns #circus #ringmaster

FRANKENSTEIN FRIDAY
Ol’ Turnip Head feeds Prof. Ulysses’ newborn creation.

On another note, how often does Frankenstein Friday fall on a Halloween?!

#frankensteinfriday #frankensteinfriday🧟‍♂️ #frankenstein #frankensteinmonster

CREATE A GREAT FUNERAL DAY
Silas Wickes never had a proper funeral before he became Ol’ Turnip Head. So his polycule and other friends arrange a decent send-off to his human life.

#createagreatfuneralday #funeral #funeraldirector #coffin #irishwake #funeralprocession

October 20 2025
The recently-crowned Clown King of the League of Forced Laughs endures humiliating pratfall at his expense. How long will this setback last?!
#clown #clowns

RSPB FEED THE BIRDS DAY
Ol’ Turnip Head offers meat from a fresh carcass to a wake of vultures in order to keep them at bay from pecking at his dead flesh.

#rspbfeedthebirdsday #feedthebirds #vulture #vultures

NATIONAL PUMPKIN DAY
Ol’ Turnip Head never understood why the symbol for Halloween switched from turnips to pumpkins.

#nationalpumpkinday #nationalpumpkinday🎃 #pumpkin #pumpkinpatch #turnip

SCORPIO SEASON ♏️
Silas Wickes is a Scorpio. The following characteristics may apply to him:
Determined, intense, resourceful, mysterious, assertive, passionate, loyal, fierce, instinctive, ambitious, secretive, stubborn, honest

#scorpio #scorpioseason♏️ #scorpiohoroscope #zodiacscorpio♏️ #astrology

October 19 2025
Earlier this month, Ol’ Turnip Head tickled his distant relative and made her laugh to death, so the League of Forced Laughs declared him their King Clown. He, of course, is rather reluctant.

#clowns #clown

October 18 2025
Silas was abducted by the League of FORCED Laughs, a bunch of unfunny clowns with lame jokes and pratfalls in the sad hopes of achieving a laugh. But what could they want with Ol’ Turnip Head?

#clowns #clown #circus #forcedlaughs #forcedlaughter

October 17 2025
Ol’ Turnip Head has been kidnapped by the League of Laughs.

#clowns #clown #bigtop #bigtopcircus #circus

NATIONAL HORROR MOVIE DAY
Shh… the movie’s about to start!

#nationalhorrormovieday #horrormovie #horrorfilm #cinema #horrorcinema #cinemahorror #horrorpictures #horrormovies #horrorfilms #cinemaettiquette

APPLE DAY
Two undead metamours climbing up an apple tree.

#appleday #apple #apples #appletree #metamours

NATIONAL WITCH HAZEL DAY
Whenever they go foraging in the Woeful Woods, Ol’ Turnip Head stops to let Drusilla smell the flowers.

#nationalwitchhazelday #witchhazel #witchhazelday #witch #nature

SUSPENDERS DAY
Ol’ Turnip Head tries to accessorise his attire.

#suspendersday #suspenders