Jack-o'-lantern - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A jack-o'-lantern (sometimes also spelled Jack O'Lantern ) is typically a carved pumpkin. It is associated chiefly with the holiday Halloween, and was named after the phenomenon of strange light f...
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The Jack-o-lantern custom probably comes from Irish folklore. As the tale is told, a man named Jack, who was notorious as a drunkard and trickster, tricked Satan into climbing a tree. Jack then carved an image of a cross in the tree's trunk...
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A phosphorescent light that hovers or flits over swampy ground at night, possibly caused by spontaneous combustion of gases emitted by rotting organic matter. Also called friar's lantern, jack-o'-lantern, will-o'-the-wisp, wisp. ... Purpose of jack o l...
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Martha Stewart's Holiday Central has some pretty awesome pumpkin carving templates as well as some cool jack o lanterns! Martha has a pumpkin carved with the face of THE KING, Elvis Presley. ExtremePumpkins.com has some pretty wild pumpkins, watch this ... Pumpkin Carving Templates, Jack O Lanterns, Elvis Pumpkin?
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On all Hallow's eve, the Irish hollowed out Turnips, rutabagas, gourds, potatoes and beets. They placed a light in them to ward off evil spirits and keep Stingy Jack away. These were the original Jack O'Lanterns.
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www.pumpkinnook.com/facts/jack.htm
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The Irish used turnips as their "Jack's lanterns" originally. But when the immigrants came to America, they found that pumpkins were far more plentiful than turnips. So the Jack-O-Lantern in America was a hollowed-out pumpkin, lit with an ember.
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In China the Hallowe'en festival is known as Teng Chieh in which food and water are placed in front of photographs of relatives of people. Bonfires and lanterns are lit to light the spirits path back to earth. ... The purpose of the Festival of the Hungry Ghosts, is dedicated to the earthbound spirits. ... Email Jack O'Lantern...
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