jack o'lantern

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jack o'lantern

A pumpkin that has a face carved into it and which is lit from within (usually by candles) so that the "face" glows. Typically used as a Halloween decoration. We're carving a jack o'lantern tonight so we can put it outside our door on Halloween.

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The name Jack O'Lantern comes from an old Irish tale.

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He put the ember in a scooped out turnip and so began the legend of Jack O'Lantern. In the 19th Century, turnips became very scarce in Ireland, so people started using pumpkins to put a light in their front window and it's been that way ever since.

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