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use of Jack O'Lanterns as festival lights for Hallow e'en is a custom
that descended from the Irish who used carved out turnips or beets as
lanterns. On Hallow e'en, these lights represented the souls of the dead
or goblins freed from the dead. When the Irish emigrated to America,
they could not find many turnips to carve into Jack O'Lanterns but they
did find an abundance of pumpkins. Pumpkins seemed to be a suitable
substitute for the turnips and pumpkins have been an essential part of
Halloween celebrations ever since.
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