The hollow winds begin to blow,
The clouds look black, the glass is low;
The soot falls down, the spaniels sleep,
And spiders from their cobwebs peep.
The Halloween custom of carving a jack-o’-lantern dates back to medieval Ireland. The legend involves an Irishman named Jack who was too stingy to go to heaven and too mischievous to go to hell.
Jack had to wander Earth until Judgment Day with a lantern made from a hollowed-out turnip with a live coal inside. Children started making these lanterns on Halloween. In North America they eventually switched from carving turnips to carving pumpkins.
Have you carved your pumpkin yet?
Many thanks to the Old Farmer's Almanac for that info!
No pumpkins have been carved here, yet. We'll probably leave that to the Grands, next door. ,-)
ReplyDeleteWe had Pumpkin Palooza on Sunday. Everyone had a blast carving and laughing! I posted some new Halloween fun today!
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Well I won't be carving any pumpkins. :( To tell you the truth I don't think I've ever carved a pumpkin before. Maybe next year.
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