Making jack-o-lanterns on Halloween comes from Irish folklore.

It is said that in Ireland in the 8th century, there was a man named Jack (in Britain in the 7th century, people usually referred to a man whose name was unknown as "Jack") who was very stingy. One day, he invited the devil to drink, and because he had no money to pay the bill after drinking, he persuaded the devil to become sixpence to pay for the drink. But instead of paying for it, Jack used a piece of silver paper to curb the devil and keep him from coming out.

Later, the devil promised Jack not to scare him for a whole year, and Jack let the devil out. The next year, the Halloween demon appeared again, and it promised not to harass Jack for a year, but before the year was over, Jack died.

After death, heaven won't accept him because he is very stingy; Hell doesn't keep him, because he teases the devil. Nowhere to go, he finally had to keep walking, carrying white radish, which contained charcoal fire from the devil to light up the road and find a place to rest.

Later, Irish people made lanterns out of potatoes or kohlrabi. When they came to America with new immigrants in the 1841s, they found a better material than white radish, that is pumpkin. So the Jack-o-lanterns you see are usually made of pumpkins.

Halloween program activities

On Halloween, children will carry pumpkin lanterns and wear all kinds of strange costumes, go door to door and ask for candy, and keep saying "trick or treat" (meaning: "trick or treat." If you refuse to give candy, the children will be very angry and punish you in various ways, such as dumping garbage in your house and so on, until you are willing to give them candy.

Traditionally, people dress up as elves and go door to door begging for food. Their belief is to give the elves worship and food to please them, otherwise they will play tricks on them, such as: the chimney is blocked, the cattle and sheep are lost, and they are thrown yellow buds and white flowers. Another way to fool or scare away these evil spirits is to dress up like them, so that they believe that the evil spirits will not hurt them.

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