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A jack-o'-lantern (or jack o'lantern) is a carved lantern, most commonly made from a pumpkin, or formerly a root vegetable such as a mangelwurzel, rutabaga or turnip. [1] Jack-o'-lanterns are associated with the Halloween holiday.
Oct 25, 2019 · In fact, the name, jack-o'-lantern, comes from an Irish folktale about a man named Stingy Jack. Irish immigrants brought the tradition to America, home of the pumpkin, and it became an...
Sep 23, 2024 · These ghost lights—variously called jack-o’-lanterns, hinkypunks, hobby lanterns, corpse candles, fairy lights, will-o’-the-wisps, and fool’s fire—are created when gases from decomposing...
Oct 27, 2020 · Although the legendary Headless Horseman and his hurled pumpkin have been scaring Americans for generations, jack-o’-lanterns actually trace their origins back centuries to Old World...
The term jack o’lantern was a name for lantern-carrying night watchmen in England in the 1600s. By the 1800s, it had come to mean 'a carved pumpkin used as a lantern,' which may have evolved from ancient rituals using lanterns, folk tales involving spirits who carried lanterns, or young pranksters who carved scary faces into pumpkins.
Oct 31, 2024 · Halloween’s iconic jack-o'-lanterns have evolved from turnips to pumpkins and symbolize a tradition of creativity and spirit that brings glowing, spooky faces to homes and neighborhoods each...
Originally, jack-o’-lantern or “Jack-of-the-Lantern” referred to mysterious lights that floated over the bogs and a stingy man who once made a deal with the Devil. You may have heard of bog lights before, though they go by many different names: Will-o’-the-wisps, corpse candles, or fox-fire, to name a few.
In Irish lore, the Jack-o'-lantern is from the story of Stingy Jack. Jack was a clever man who cheated the devil several times. Once when Jack was leaving hell, the devil threw him a glowing coal to light his way. Jack put the coal in a hollowed-out turnip to make the first "Jack-o'-lantern".
Oct 31, 2024 · The tradition of carving Jack-O'-Lanterns has deep roots in Irish folklore and the term itself takes its name from the legend of Stingy Jack.
Oct 7, 2024 · Jack-o’-lantern, in American holiday custom, a hollowed-out-pumpkin lantern that is displayed on Halloween. The surface of the pumpkin is carved to resemble a face. Light from a candle inserted inside can be seen flickering through the jack-o’-lantern’s cutout eyes, nose, and usually grotesquely.
