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Jack-
o'Lantern
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Carving
pumpkins into Jack-
o'Lanterns
is a Halloween custom also dating
back to Ireland. |
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legend grew up about a man named Jack who was so stingy that he
was not allowed into heaven when he died, because he was a mister.
He couldn’t enter hell either because he had played jokes on the
devil. As a result, Jack had to walk the earth with his lantern
until Judgement Day. The Irish people carved scary faces out of
turnips, beets or potatoes representing "Jack of the Lantern,"
or Jack-o'Lantern. |
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When
the Irish brought their customs to America, they carved faces on pumpkins
because in the autumn they were more plentiful than turnips. Today Jack-
o'Lanterns
in the windows of a house on Halloween night let
custumed children know that there are goodies waiting if they knock and
say "Trick or Treat!"
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