Beware! You may find a great pumpkin in Mabou Gardens on Waverley Rd, but there is evil lurking!
DYK? In Ireland large turnips and potatoes were carved as the jack-o’-lanterns with scary faces and put them near doors or windows to frighten away Stingy Jack and other wandering evil spirits.
In England beets were used. Immigrants brought the tradition to America and began using the pumpkins that grew in their new home. The various vegetable lanterns were stuffed with coal, wood or candles as lanterns to celebrate the fall.
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