JACK O LANTERN |
the all hollows eve tradition of jack o lantern from a myth in old Irish to whales it foretells about a blacksmith named jack who was a real heavy drinker and also a real trickster he tried trick a stranger who was actually the devil in surprise because of this affront the devil wanted to take his soul but jack talked his way into taking his soul in ten years those ten years past when jack time was up but before the devil took his soul he asked him to get him an apple from a tree as his last wish the devil climbed the tree as well as he did jack grabbed a pocket knife and slashed the tree the devil got caught in the bark of it and jack made the devil promise never to take his soul years later jack died and was denied entrance into heaven and because of the devils promise was also denied into hell so he was doomed to forever walk the earth as it was dark he begged the devil for light the devil thru him a fire that we kept in rotting turnip which was what was carved back then and that what started the jack o lantern tradition the end and happy Halloween .