The carved jack-o’-lantern dates back to medieval Ireland. Its legend involves an Irishman named Jack who was too stingy to go to heaven and too mischievous to go to hell. Jack had to wander ...

put it in a hollowed-out turnip, and has been drifting through the world, scaring children ever since. Townsfolk began to refer to this figure as Jack of the lantern and shortly thereafter Jack o ...

But you may not know that Jack O’ Lantern ... with just a lantern to light the way,” they wrote. So the spectral look of a candlelit turnip was reminiscent of the character ― and the ...

The tradition of carving Jack-O'-Lanterns has deep roots in Irish folklore ... people across Ireland carved scary faces into the humble turnip. Video produced by Ellenoor Shameli Presented ...