Carved pumpkins are traditionally known as �� jack - o - lanterns . �� traditionally , the jack - o - lantern was carved from a turnip , potato , or beet and lit with a burning candle
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Well , i warn t long loosing the whoops down amongst the towheads ; and i only tried to chase them a little while , anyway , because it was worse than chasing a jack - o - lantern
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Often children and adults clean out a pumpkin , carve a face on it and light a candle inside . then they put this " jack - o - lantern " in their window . some people ask children to sing a song or a trick before giving them their treats . occasionally , teenagers play tricks on people who won ' t give them treats . they might throw eggs at the house , rub soap on the windows or steal the jack - o - lantern
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In the 1840s , irish settlers brought their halloween customs to north america . the jack - o - lantern comes from an old irish myth of a man named stingy jack . he wandered the earth as a spirit because he had played a trick on the devil . jack couldn ' t get into hell and he was too greedy to get into heaven . the devil threw jack a burning coal that he stuck into a turnip . he uses it as a lantern to light his path as he searches for a final resting place
