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Jack O’ Lanterns

A Jack O’ Lantern is usually a carved pumpkin or turnip used as a decoration during Halloween. 

An old Irish legend tells of Jack, who was so wicked that he couldn’t enter heaven and hell after he died. He carved a turnip (his favorite food) and used it as a container for an ember that never goes out, as a makeshift lantern, and proceeded with his eternal quest for a resting place.

 

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3 Responses to “Jack O’ Lanterns”

  1. Cookie Says:
    October 31st, 2007 at 7:03 am

    The pumpkin looks angry/scary.

  2. shadowcat13:kuririnmail.com Says:
    November 5th, 2007 at 1:37 am

    I think Jack O’ Lanterns are really supposed to look scary traditionally.:P

  3. fairlady-z:kuririnmail.com Says:
    November 5th, 2007 at 2:53 am

    Jack O’ Lanterns actually look comical nowadays. XD

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