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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] Jack-o'-lanterns are associated ...
What is a jack-o-lantern? A jack-o-lantern is, as the name might suggest, a lantern—one made out of a root vegetable. (Nope, it doesn’t have to be a pumpkin—more on that later!)
Traditional jack-o'-lantern faces, spooky and friendly ghosts, seasonal messages, spellbinding witches—we've got so many Halloween pumpkin designs! Dinosaurs, dragons, paw prints, superheroes ...
Brainstorming jack-o'-lantern ideas, of course! If you're looking to go beyond the classic toothy-smile-and-triangle-eyes design, here are 24 easy and unique pumpkin carving ideas to inspire you.
The phenomenon is known in the United Kingdom by a variety of names, including jack-o'-lantern, [3] friar's lantern, [5] [6] and hinkypunk, and is said to mislead and/or guide travellers by resembling a flickering lamp or lantern. [7]
In English folklore, jack-o'-lantern is an alternative term for will-o'-the-wisp or ignis fatuus, an unearthly light which attracts travellers; In Irish folklore, jack-o'-lantern is an alternative term for Stingy Jack, also known as the Smith or Drunk Jack
Jack-o’-lantern personified the unknown, bewildering forces that seemingly occupied wild places. For some, it was not simply a spook. Like St. Pompion, it might lead people astray or lure them ...
Jack manages to deflect Satan's messengers who attempt to trick him, and he is condemned to roam the world neither Heaven or Hell. [2] In 1851, Hercules Ellis presumably wrote and published "The Romance of Jack-o'-Lantern," a romantic poem, in poetry anthology The Rhyme Book. [3] The poem described Stingy Jack's encounters with an angel and ...