Jack-o'-lantern
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title:
Jack-o'-lantern
text:
A 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. Jack-o'-lanterns are associated with the Halloween holiday. Its name comes from the phenomenon of strange lights flickering over peat bogs, called jack-o'-lanterns. It is suggested that the name also has ties to the Irish legend of Stingy Jack, a drunkard who bargains with Satan and is doomed to roam the Earth with only a hollowed turnip to light his
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description:
Carved turnip or other root vegetable lantern, associated with Halloween
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack-o%27-lantern
date created:
2001-10-11T20:21:05Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T03:42:10Z
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