Jack-o'-lantern

A Jack-o'-lantern (sometimes also spelled Jack O'Lantern) is a typical decoration for Halloween, consisting of a hollowed-out pumpkin in which a scary face is cut. This pumpkin can by putting a candle or Lantern to stop lamp function as.

Although the tradition of making this kind of lanterns around the world at Halloween, hear the name Jack-o'-lantern is less well known. Especially in America, the name is used. ==Origin of the pumpkin[ Edit] == A traditional Irish Jack-o'-lantern from the beginning of 20th century, carved from a turnipThe tradition for making jack-o'-lanterns dates back to Ireland.

There are many stories about the origin of the Lantern. One of the most famous is the story about the Smith Jack. One evening Jack the Devil came by him to the hell wanted to take them. Jack knew with a ruse to lure the devil in a tree, then the sign of the cross and scratched in the trunk of the tree so that the devil could leave the tree no longer. Only after the devil Jack had promised that he would have never got to hell Jack the sign of the cross road and dropped the devil free again. When Jack died years later he was allowed by his bad lifestyle does not go to the heaven, but the devil left him also not inside the hell because of the promise made. Since then wanders the soul of Jack according to the story around all over the Earth. The devil tossed Jack still chasing a glowing coal when he him away at the hell gate. Jack stuck it the coal in a turnip he was eating and got a lantern to make his way to relieve. According to this legend is the Jack-o'-lantern is named after the blacksmith from this story.

Tubers were originally used to make lanterns, but Irish emigrated to America soon discovered that the piece was a pumpkin more suitable for this purpose. ==Trivia[ Edit] == In the legend of Sleepy Hollow the Jack-o'-lantern plays a role.