TIL Jack O'Lantern was sentenced to walk the earth for eternity. He carried a carved out turnip with coal inside to light his way.
TIL Jack O'Lantern was sentenced to walk the earth for eternity. He carried a carved out turnip with coal inside to light his way.
The Jack-O-Lantern story comes from Irish folklore, and the original was a far cry from the cute friendly Halloween decoration we know today!
Gotta be honest, pumpkins where a clear devolution.
As a kid trick-or-treating in 1980s' N. Ireland, we used turnips. Carving those fuckers was an insanely dangerous and difficult thing for a child to do. They're rock solid all the way through. Brutal. And ugly as fuck, which is at least in keeping with the spirit of things!
If you don't wanna read Irish Central and have 20TB of cookies stored on your system, the Wikipedia article is better:
Turnip for what?
Average wealthy white kid in their early 20s and a backpack full of dreams
I prefer Paddy O'Lantern