just wanna know how pumpkins are related to halloween, is there a history or a tale regarding this?
2006-10-25 15:50:06 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Halloween
Just for pumpkin seeds. No really go to this site and you will learn about jack o lanterns.
2006-10-25 15:53:54 · answer #1 · answered by unicornfarie1 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
History Of The Jack-O'Lantern
Pumpkin carving is a popular part of modern America's Halloween celebration. Come October, pumpkins can be found everywhere in the country from doorsteps to dinner tables. Despite the widespread carving that goes on in this country every autumn, few Americans really know why or when the jack o'lantern tradition began. Or, for that matter, whether the pumpkin is a fruit or a vegetable. Read on to find out!
People have been making jack o'lanterns at Halloween for centuries. The practice originated from an Irish myth about a man nicknamed "Stingy Jack." According to the story, Stingy Jack invited the Devil to have a drink with him. True to his name, Stingy Jack didn't want to pay for his drink, so he convinced the Devil to turn himself into a coin that Jack could use to buy their drinks. Once the Devil did so, Jack decided to keep the money and put it into his pocket next to a silver cross, which prevented the Devil from changing back into his original form. Jack eventually freed the Devil, under the condition that he would not bother Jack for one year and that, should Jack die, he would not claim his soul. The next year, Jack again tricked the Devil into climbing into a tree to pick a piece of fruit. While he was up in the tree, Jack carved a sign of the cross into the tree's bark so that the Devil could not come down until the Devil promised Jack not to bother him for ten more years.
Soon after, Jack died. As the legend goes, God would not allow such an unsavory figure into heaven. The Devil, upset by the trick Jack had played on him and keeping his word not to claim his soul, would not allow Jack into hell. He sent Jack off into the dark night with only a burning coal to light his way. Jack put the coal into a carved-out turnip and has been roaming the Earth with ever since. The Irish began to refer to this ghostly figure as "Jack of the Lantern," and then, simply "Jack O'Lantern."
In Ireland and Scotland, people began to make their own versions of Jack's lanterns by carving scary faces into turnips or potatoes and placing them into windows or near doors to frighten away Stingy Jack and other wandering evil spirits. In England, large beets are used. Immigrants from these countries brought the jack o'lantern tradition with them when they came to the United States. They soon found that pumpkins, a fruit native to America, make perfect jack o'lanterns.
2006-10-25 19:31:22 · answer #2 · answered by bartender101dd 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Farmers made lanterns out of them to guide the souls of those who died in the last year to their final rest. They were also designed to ward off evil spirits that may be wandering in the night.
2006-10-25 16:09:13 · answer #3 · answered by mithril 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
ok, i do no longer think of it would be morally incorrect any day of the year, till i'm lacking something. additionally, in case you effectively prepare a cat to try this, you ought to enable each and every physique be attentive to, considering it extremely is thoroughly hilarious.
2016-11-25 21:02:44 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Celebrate the harvest silly.
2006-10-25 20:59:25 · answer #5 · answered by momofthreemiracles 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question. You know I always wonder about that. I hope people will give some good answers to this one.
2006-10-25 15:58:36 · answer #6 · answered by Lady 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a pagan holiday, it is witchcraft!
the witches want to do evil on this day.
2006-10-25 15:52:55 · answer #7 · answered by Gifted 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋