The History of Jack-o’-Lanterns and How They Became a Halloween Tradition
Halloween is filled with odd traditions ... Like the ancient pagans, believers of this myth began to carve their own lanterns ...
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Halloween costumes - from turnips to sexy witches
In the 1950s all you needed to make a Halloween costume was a paper bag and a crayon Turnip lanterns, witches' hats and masks - people of a certain age remember a very different Halloween from the ...
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The dark history behind Halloween is even more chilling than you realized
Halloween is the spookiest night of the ... But back in the day, folks in Ireland dubbed their carved, fiery turnips "jack-o'-lanterns" thanks in part to an ominous legend. One night, a conniving ...
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Explainer: Halloween’s origins and famous traditions, from trick-or-treating to jack-o’-lanterns
Halloween is just around the ... figure later became known as “Jack of the Lantern”, and people started carving demonic faces out of turnips to ward off Jack’s wandering soul.
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The history of Halloween
1770s Many of the traditions still associated with Halloween today begin to develop. Celebrants begin to dress up and go door-to-door singing for treats, turnips are turned into lanterns ...