One of the earliest examples of the pumpkin as a jack-o’-lantern is an 1846 newspaper account called “The Jack o’Lantern,” about a young boy taking a pumpkin that a farmer did not “make ...

Candles help add to the chilling aesthetic of a jack-o'-lantern. But real candles just dry out the inside of a pumpkin, making it die faster since it lacks the moisture to keep itself healthy ...

An easy way to make your Jack-O'-Lantern even more spooky twist is to add some string to give it a stitched up look. Poke holes around the eye and mouth you've carved and thread the string through. 4.

How To Make a Jack-O'-Lantern The term jack-o’-lantern in the United States usually refers to a carved pumpkin (or other times turnip or other root vegetable) lantern that is associated with ...

The best I can tell, the modern jack-o'-lantern pumpkin has only been around for about 150 years and its arrival in the Americas seems to trace back to mid-19th century Irish immigrants who ...

Sept. 26, 2021 LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- More than a dozen artists and carvers are hard at work as Iroquois Park transforms for the annual Jack O'Lantern Spectacular.

He had nothing to do with the pumpkin at all. Americans may have merged the Irish jack-o’-lantern with legends about supernatural pumpkins, but another source lay closer to home.