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	PApda

Mon, 31-Oct-22 12:57 AM (1 year ago)

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An original Jack O'Lantern c.1850 on display at the Museum of Country Life in Mayo. History of the Jack O'Lantern. According to Irish folklore, a man called Stingy Jack was sentenced to roam the ear

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	PApda

earth for eternity by the devil. A ghostly figure of the night, Jack walks with a burning coal inside of a carved out turnip to light his way. Irish folklore began to refer to this spooky figure as 'J

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	PApda

'Jack of the Lantern' which then became 'Jack O’Lantern.' We all know that Halloween started with the Irish festival of Samhain or 'All Hallows Eve', which then became known as Halloween. This was a

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	juicy

In Ireland they didn't carve pumpkins until fairly recently. They used turnips

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	PApda

a time of year when the veil between this world and the next was at its weakest and spirits roamed the world. This legend is why people in Ireland began to make their own versions of Jack’s lantern by

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	PApda

by carving grotesque faces into turnips, potatoes and beets, placing them by their homes to frighten away Stingy Jack and other wandering evil spirits and travelers. Irish migrants in the 19th centu

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	NakedWill329

Scots-Irish are the best. They can be so earthy and spooky...

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	PApda

century brought this legend across the Atlantic, where they discovered that Pumpkins were easier to carve than Turnips. So, it’s to an Irish character named Stingy Jack that we owe the origins of the

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	juicy

Had an Irish friend who thought pumpkins were just weird but easier to carve!

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	PApda

Modern Jack o' Lanterns

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	juicy

Heh. I should just shut up and let you continue your story

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	PApda

I'm done lol

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	tugking70

Very interesting, PA.........

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	Jersey__Girl

Interesting story, PA.

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	captain__82

Aye, have you ever tried carving a turnip? It's a feckin' ball ache

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