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It comes from an Irish legend about Stingy Jack. Stingy Jack went drinking with the devil. He convinced the devil to turn himself into a coin so they could have some alcohol. The devil did. Then stingy Jack put a silver cross next to the coin so the devil could not turn back. Finally he agreed to let the devil out if the devil would agree not to take his soul. The devil agreed. When Stingy Jack died, God would not let him in heaven, and he could not go with the devil. The devil gave him a burning coal and Jack put it in a turnip and has been wandering the Earth ever since.

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