This popular Halloween term is rooted in an Irish folktale about a man who tricked the devil so many times that when he died, he was forced to wander the earth with just a carved-out turnip and a piece of coal.

Carving pumpkins into jack-o'-lanterns was made popular by the Irish folktale about a greedy and stingy man named Jack. Because he tricked the devil so many times, he wasn't allowed to enter either Heaven or Hell. Instead, he roams the Earth using his lantern to keep people away from their path.

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