Hey LPM I know where pumpkin carving came from

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Originally turnips were carved. There is a story about it.
A man named Jack somehow managed to trap the Devil up a tree he wouldn't let him down until he promised not to tempt him any more. Jack was a mean bastard and when he finally died he didn't make the cut to get to heaven, so he went to hell, only to have the gates of hell slammed in his face by the Devil. Jack needed a place to go so he begged and pleaded for the Devil to let him in. The Devil refused again and again. Jack stayed outside the gate wailing and begging to be let out of the darkness, still the Devil refused. Jack asked the Devil for something to light his way. Just to get rid of him, the Devil gave him one hot coal from hell. The coal burned Jack's hand so he carved out a turnip (I have no idea where he got it) to use as a lantern and placed the coal in it. Jack was doomed to roam the darkness for all eternity with only a single coal lighting the way. And they all lived happily ever after. :P

As turnips are hard to carve, gourds came into use instead, and then pumpkins. It's all Jacks fault. Jack of the Lantern. Jack-o-lantern.

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Originally posted by DarkFury
Jack must've REALLY been a "bad man" to scare the Devil... probably someone from "da hood" :hihi:.

Yeah, from the story I heard I was thinkin' that the Devil was afraid Jack would just take over and send him packing. Sort of a DF with an extra wide mean streak. ;)

[BrewMaster]

Originally posted by Grimm
And they all lived happily ever after. :P



How'd that happen. No place in the afer life don't sound happy to me. I'd still be hiding from DF.

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Originally posted by BrewMaster


How'd that happen. No place in the afer life don't sound happy to me. I'd still be hiding from DF.

Notice the smiley sticking it's tounge out at the end of the "Happily ever after" line? That is denoting sarcasim.