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A traditional American jack-o'-lantern, made from a pumpkin, lit from within by a candle A picture carved onto a jack-o'-lantern for Halloween. A jack-o'-lantern (or jack o'lantern) is a carved lantern, most commonly made from a pumpkin, or formerly a root vegetable such as a mangelwurzel, rutabaga or turnip. [1]
The “Jack” of Halloween jack-o-lanterns: Stingy Jack Many of the immigrants responsible for the popularity of the jack-o-lantern in the United States—and its name—were Irish, what with ...
Omphalotus olearius, [2] commonly known as the jack-o'-lantern mushroom, is a poisonous orange gilled mushroom that to an untrained eye appears similar to some chanterelles. It is notable for its bioluminescent properties. It is found in woodland areas in Europe, where it grows on decaying stumps, on buried roots or at the base of hardwood trees.
One of the earliest examples of the pumpkin as a jack-o’-lantern is an 1846 newspaper account called “The Jack o’Lantern,” about a young boy taking a pumpkin that a farmer did not “make ...
The term will-o'-the-wisp comes from wisp, a bundle of sticks or paper sometimes used as a torch and the name 'Will', thus meaning 'Will of the torch'. The term jack-o'-lantern ('Jack of the lantern') originally referred to a will-o'-the-wisp. [8] In the United States, they are often called spook-lights, ghost-lights, or orbs by folklorists. [9 ...
The jaw-dropping displays at The Great Jack O'Lantern Blaze include a pumpkin planetarium, a 200-foot Kraken, and optical illusions.
🎃 The most lit jack-o'-lanterns on display is 30,581. According to Guinness World Records, the highest number of lit jack-o'-lanterns on display is 30,581 by the City of Keene, New Hampshire in ...
Lake Zurich (German: Zürichsee; Alemannic German: Zürisee) [1] is a lake in Switzerland, extending southeast of the city of Zurich.Depending on the context, Lake Zurich or Zürichsee can be used to describe the lake as a whole, or just that part of the lake downstream of the Hurden peninsula and Seedamm causeway (between Pfäffikon and Rapperswil).