The origin of the practice of carving scary faces in pumpkins and lighting them from within got its start in Ireland in the early 1600s, when the legend of a shadowy figure began to arise known as ...

In the passage below, Ott explores the origins of the carved jack-o’-lantern, especially as it relates to the classic "Sleepy Hollow" legend. One of the best-known literary works in which a pump ...

How did pumpkins go from being an ordinary squash to a Halloween staple? In Pumpkin: The Curious History of an American Icon, ...

Carving a pumpkin’s face has some parameters to go by to make a safe and successful scary head. The Oklahoma State University Extension Office outlines how to safely make a jack-o’-lantern ...

I’m not sure if they still do this, but Bungie has shared some fun Destiny -themed jack-o’-lantern stencils, with this one in ...

NICHES Land Trust will host its fifth annual Jack-O'-Lantern Hike Oct. 25 to 27. The not-so-scary, self-guided walk through the woods will offer hikers the chance to vote for their favorite carved ...

Easy Halloween pumpkin carving ideas can look impressive. Get out your carving tools and use our stencils and tutorials to ...

Rather than finding them scary, the glow of candlelight from ... one common belief is that the name “Jack-o-lantern” originated form the Irish folklore about Stingy Jack.

Pumpkins eh? here's proper scary, a traditional Irish Jack-O-Lantern made from a turnip. It dates from 1903 and was carved at Baile na Finne, Co. Donegal (it now resides at the Irish Museum of ...