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Jack O Laterns come from a Irish story about a bad boy named Jack who was deemed so bad that he was made to roam the earth with a lantern lit by a piece of coal. In Ireland it was a turnip that was used as the lantern on All Hallows Eve to scare away the devil, but when the Irish came to the American colonies they began to use the pumpkin instead of a turnip. Halloween comes from ancient times and is an old pagan custom.
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What is the popular food used to carve jack-o-lanterns?
Pumpkins are used to carve jack-o-lanterns.
What were jack-o-lanterns supposed to scare away?
Jack-o-lanterns were originally used to scare away vampires.
What was not used to make jack o' lanterns?
Many things were not Jack-o-lanterns. Anything that isn't a pumpkin, turnip, or rutabaga was not used to make jack-o-lanterns. There is not a lot of other material to make one with either.
What were jack-O-lanterns made out of?
Jack-o-Lanterns were originally made from turnips.
What is the popular food used to carve jack-o-lantern?
Pumpkins are used to carve jack-o-lanterns.
Out of what were jack-o-lanterns originally made?
Jack-o-Lanterns were originally made from turnips.
What were used as jack o' lanterns before pumpkins?
turnips
Where did the use jack o' lanterns originate?
That ultimately depends on how you use a Jack-O-Lantern. Most commonly, Jack-O-Lanterns are used on Halloween as a spooky or silly head of a false person. For the origin of this tradition, see the related question "Where did the tradition of carving pumpkins into Jack-O-Lanterns originate?".
Why are the vegtable lanterns called jack o lanterns?
Because the worlds famous Jack O Lantern died and everybody puts the jack o lanterns in there window sell so that it reminds people about Jack O Lantern.
What were used to make jack o lanterns before they used pumpkins?
TURNIPS
What vegetable was first used to make a jack-o'-lanterns?
Cucumber
What do they carve in Ireland for Jack O Lanterns?
Ireland used Turnips as "Jack "O" Lanterns"
