Though the tradition goes back hundreds of years, the craft of pumpkin carving has never been more intricate.
One of the most popular group activities to gear up for Halloween is carving pumpkins into jack-o’-lanterns. But who’s Jack? And where did the name “jack-o’-lantern” come from?Ignis fatuus
, known in Irish folklore as “will-o’-the-wisp.” According to urban legend, these mysterious illuminations, often near marshes, were thought of as souls rejected from hell. Science describes this as naturally occurring light, which can be explained due to the combustion of gasses when organic matter, such as a plant, decomposes.
Another popular story is that the name “Jack” in England was often used for someone whose name you didn’t know. So in the 17th century, if you saw a stranger carrying a lantern at night, that person would be referred to as a “Jack of the lantern,” which was eventually shortened to “jack-o’-lantern.” Parallel to this, an old Irish myth tells the story of Stingy Jack.
Making jack-o’-lanterns has become more intricate over time and has spawned a variety of competitions all over the US as part of Halloween traditions. This past weekend, BuzzFeed News attended three pumpkin-carving competitions in New York City: Manhattan’s Pumpkitecture and Washington Market Park competitions, and the “Flight of the Gourds” carving competition in Socrates Sculpture Park in Queens.
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