Did you know carved turnips were the original scary lanterns in Ireland ... here's proper scary, a traditional Irish Jack-O-Lantern made from a turnip. It dates from 1903 and was carved at Baile ...

Yes, we're talking about carving the mighty turnip, the OG of Old Hallow's Eve. Sure, you may think jack-o'-lanterns have always been carved out of those plump, orange gourds. But, you'd be wrong.

Jack got a hollowed-out turnip and placed the bright ember inside, creating the first-ever jack-o’-lantern. Legend has it, he still uses the turnip lantern to light his way as he wanders Earth ...

The term jack-o ... original form. Jack eventually let the devil loose, but made him promise that he wouldn’t seek revenge on Jack, and wouldn’t claim his soul when he died. A terrifying ...

which Jack put into a carved-out turnip. Jack became Jack of the Lantern, then Jack-o’-Lantern. People in Ireland and Scotland started carving scary faces into turnips (or potatoes — or beets ...

Slowly, the idea of the natural phenomenon of Jack-o’-the-Lantern became associated with the turnip lantern. Sometime around the 1600s, folk stories began circulating detailing the origin of ...

Jack placed it in a hollowed-out turnip, and since that day Jack has roamed the ... in them to ward off evil spirits and keep Jack away. These were the original jack-o’-lanterns. Other Halloween ...

So when you carve your Jack O’Lantern this year, know that your lantern is (traditionally speaking) the great-great-great-great (etc…) grandson of Stingy Jack’s carved turnip.