The lamp is called a "jack-o'-lantern" or "jack of the lantern" because the term was already used for the mysterious light phenomenon also known as a "will-o'-the-wisp" (swamp gas or bioluminescent gas known as ignes fatuus).
The origin of the name may be the legend of Stingy Jack, a lazy thief who nonetheless outsmarted the Devil, and himself, and must walk the earth at night forever with only a turnip lamp to guide him.
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In the middle ages the word was known as 'pumpion', a word also used for a melon. In France the name was 'pompon' derived from the Latin 'peponem' and the Greek 'pepon'. Another word used was 'peptein' which referred to something that was cooked by the sun and ripe.
The original was turnips, then when Halloween became a holiday celebrated in America, they started using pumpkins.
well a pumpkin is actually a Squish so how did squish get its name....? the world will never know..... or maybe it will
because when the Greeks came to this country they dougtth that this was the name of the poking
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They're called "Jack Be Little Pumpkins".
It's a tradition to carve pumpkins on Halloween, when the pumpkins are carved they are called jack-o-lanterns.
There is no band called the Crashing Pumpkins. They are called the Smashing Pumpkins and one can purchase their latest songs from Amazon, iTunes or Google Play.
Cucurbitophobia
Yes, It is where Pumpkins grow on a vine on the ground. This is called a Patch,by many people.
In a different country,I think
No, plums are. Hence, it is called " plum" sauce.
They tend to be fat like pumpkins.
The song of watchmen is Smashing Pumpkins - The is the End is the Beginning
No. Pumpkins would be producers, not consumers. aka pumpkins are plants
No, pumpkins do not have caffeine in them.
The Beginning Is the End Is the Beginning by Smashing Pumpkins .