| No one knows for sure when the first | | | | road when the Devil comes to claim his soul. |
| Jack-o-lanterns were made. In ancient times | | | | Thinking quickly, Jack tempts the Devil to |
| the Celts celebrated the feast of Samhain | | | | climb a tree for an apple. When the Devil |
| (pronounced: SOW'en) in Ireland and Scotland, | | | | climbs the tree, Jack carves a cross into the |
| and that holiday eventually became known as | | | | tree, preventing the Devil from getting down. |
| Halloween. The Celts believed that on that | | | | Jack then forces the Devil to promise never |
| day the spirits of the dead roamed the earth | | | | take his soul, and the Devil, reluctantly, |
| and would visit the homes where they once | | | | agrees. |
| lived. Costumes and lanterns carved from | | | | |
| turnips, potatoes and beets were used to | | | | Jack eventually dies and tries to get into |
| frighten away evil spirits, as they are | | | | heaven, but heaven won't have him because |
| today. The lanterns eventually became known | | | | he's spent a lifetime being dishonest, |
| as Jack-o-lanterns. | | | | drinking, tricking, and being mean. So Jack |
| | | | goes to hell and tries to enter, but he can't |
| When Christianity spread through Britain and | | | | enter there either because he'd made the |
| Ireland, Samhain gradually became known as | | | | Devil promise never to take his soul. So the |
| All Hallow's Eve or Halloween. A tale began | | | | Devil tells Jack he has to leave the way he |
| to be told in Ireland of a man named Jack, | | | | came, by a dark and treacherous path. |
| who almost lost his soul to the Devil but who | | | | Frightened, Jack begs the Devil for a light, |
| tricks him instead. | | | | and the Devil throws Jack a coal from hell. |
| | | | Jack puts the coal into a half-eaten turnip |
| Different versions of the tale exist, but in | | | | to make a lantern, and turns to roam his path |
| one version, Jack, a n'er-do-well, gets so | | | | endlessly with nowhere to rest. |
| drunk one Halloween that the Devil comes to | | | | |
| steal his soul. Jack delays by asking the | | | | In Ireland and Scotland, on Halloween people |
| devil if they can have one last drink before | | | | would place carved or painted turnip or beet |
| descending to hell. The Devil agrees, but | | | | lanterns on their doorstep to warn off evil |
| Jack then says he doesn't have enough money | | | | spirits with the lost soul of Jack. When the |
| for the drinks, but if the devil is willing | | | | Irish emigrated to the Americas, they brought |
| to change himself into a coin, they can pay | | | | with them their Halloween traditions and |
| for the drinks and then the Devil can change | | | | began carving pumpkins in place of turnips, |
| back again. The Devil agrees and when he | | | | potatoes and beets, but they are still known |
| changes into a coin, Jack quickly places the | | | | as Jack-O-Lanterns. |
| coin into his wallet next to a cross, | | | | |
| preventing the Devil from changing back. Jack | | | | Social network users, click for myspace |
| then strikes another bargain with the irate | | | | comments such as compliments, cool comments, |
| Devil, telling him he will release him only | | | | love, flirty, birthday, holidays, religion, |
| if he promises not to bother Jack for some | | | | funny, cute, etc. You can also use myspace |
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| Years later, Jack is walking down a country | | | | profile. |