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Bookmark or Share- How Jack O'Lanterns Originated in Irish Myth - HISTORYPeople have been making jack-o’-lanterns at Halloween for centuries. One version of the practice may have originated from an Irish legend—which first appeared in print in the 19th century...
- Jack-o'-lantern - WikipediaA 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.
- Jack-O'-Lantern History: Why Pumpkin Carving Is a Tradition - TIMEOctober 26, 2018 12:00 PM EDT. A floating light. A ghost named Jack. An angry devil. And… a pumpkin? Though jack-o’-lanterns are now an American cultural icon of Halloween, their symbolism is...
- The Jaw-Dropping History of the Jack-O’-Lantern: A Tale of Turnips ...The jack-o’-lantern is an art form that has multiple possible origins (re: Celtic head veneration, an Irish folktale about an asshole, anonymous English night watchmen), multiple symbolic meanings (re: it represents the lantern of a notorious trickster, or the fires of Samhain, or Christian souls stuck in purgatory), and multiple functional ...
- The history of American jack-o’-lanterns - National GeographicAlthough 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 traditions...
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