The history of jack-o’-lanterns
- A jack-o’-lantern is, as the name might suggest, a lantern—one made out of a root vegetable.
- Their origin comes from an Irish myth about Stingy Jack, who tricked the Devil for his own monetary gain.
- When Jack died, God didn’t allow him into heaven, and the Devil didn’t let him into hell, so Jack was sentenced to roam the earth for eternity.
- In Ireland, people started to carve demonic faces out of turnips to frighten away Jack’s wandering soul.
- When Irish immigrants moved to the U.S., they began carving jack-o’-lanterns from pumpkins, as these were native to the region.
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