yes
Jack-o'-lanterns originally were hollowed out turnips or rutabaga, not pumpkins.
First, it was Ireland, not England, that created Halloween. Second, it was turnips. Third, the correct question would be "pumpkins instead of" as turnips were the original and pumpkins were the replacement.
Halloween was pretty much the same in what you did. They would scare people with their costumes not monsters though and they used pumpkins to make jack-o-lanterns, because they were more readily available then turnips.
Jack-o'-lanterns have been carved into many different vegetables over the years, pumpkins being the most popular and gourds being one of the first. In Scotland, turnips were quite popular as well as pumpkins.
It is believed that the Jack o' Lantern originated in Ireland. The first Jack o' Lanterns were not pumpkins but beets, turnips and mangelwurzel. They were carved into grotesque faces when Samhain was celebrated. Pumpkins as Jack o' Lanterns were first used in America beginning in 1834.
Actually jack-o-lanterns can be made out of any fruit or vegetable; it's just that pumpkins are large, and easy to hollow out and carve faces on.(It is believed that the first jack-o lanterns were made from turnips)
They were carved out of turnips.
Turnips
The first Jack of the Lanterns were probably carved into a turnip or potato. The turnip eventually became the Jack o' Lantern vegetable, that is, until those people (from Ireland) started moving to America. They could not find many turnips, so they started carving pumpkins, instead.
United States.
The common belief is that jack-o-lanterns originated in Ireland. The first jack-o-lanterns were carved out of turnips, potatoes and beets.
because when the first lantern gets lit all the people then know that its halloween!