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Jack’s history
j ack o’lant-erns come from Irish folklore. The Irish traditionally used turnips as jack United States5 Changed l° the more P,entiful Pumpkins when they began immigrating to the
It is said that a man named Jack, known to be a drunf kster, had tricked the devil mto climbmg a tree. Jack then carved across the tree, trapping j devil in the tree th,!l!iJfV5iHantmg f° ?Te down> made a deal with Jack: if Jatk would !et him come down, the dev! would repay Jack by never tempting him with evil again. Jack made the deal and went on nts w/3y»
Eventually, when Jack died, he was not allowed entrance into lie.' bemuse of ai, t - bad he h ,n '.fe' Nor was he al,owed int0 hell because he had once l, if eo ihe devil.
Wtth no place to rest, Jack was sentenced to an eternity of roaming the earth in darkness. ackwa? afra'd the dark, so the devil gave him a burning ember to light his way. Jack took the ember and placed it into a carved-out turnip, to make a lantern.
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