the Jack O'Lantern is named after a blacksmith Stingy Jack who tricked the devil into paying for his drinks. "When I was small, I didn't know what a pumpkin was really, so I suppose we used the next ...

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 ...

Every October since 1952, a 3-million-gallon oval storage tank has been transformed into “the world’s largest jack-o’-lantern ... oval shape reflects its original purpose, which was ...

Sure, you can just put some spooky eyes and teeth on your jack-o’-lantern and call it a day ... Here we see Yorgle, the scariest of the original Atari Adventure dragons, in the actual act ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Pumpkins! These round, orange vegetables are a familiar sight as Halloween approaches. But have you ever stopped to ask - why do people carve pumpkins for Halloween? And why are carved pumpkins ...