Stingy jack

Designed by Dave Cockburn~ Back in the 70's, when I was a kid growing up in the north of England, we carved turnip lanterns to celebrate Halloween. Not because we northerners were hard and didn't mind blistered fingers, more because pumpkins were fancy foreign veg that we hadn't yet encountered. Well, that's what I thought until an idle web search, while trying to avoid the news, revealed that turnips were the original lantern based on the old Irish folk tale of Stingy Jack, or…

I know I'm a day late! But on Halloween day I decided to do some folklore inspired art and it took me an extra day to finish :P Here is my version of Stingy Jack o' the Lantern along with it's folklore legend that inspired it!

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Day 29- Pumpkin Guy🎃 The practice of making jack-o’-lanterns at Halloween originated from the Irish myth of “Stingy Jack.” According to the story, Stingy Jack invited the Devil to drink with him. True to his name, Stingy Jack didn’t want to pay for his drink and convinced the Devil to turn himself into a coin that Jack would use to pay for their drinks. Once the Devil did so, Jack instead put the money into his pocket next to a silver cross, which prevented the Devil from changing back into…

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Stingy Jack - a character in Irish folklore after whom Jack-o-lanterns were called. Like our illustrations and memes? Join "Word of Day" app to see more!

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"The Pumpkin Effigy," - Drawn by L.W. Atwater. Harper's Weekly Magazine, November 23, 1867, p. 737. House Divided: The Civil War Researc...

"Ol' Stingy Jack" // 3D // 2400x3840

🎃 The Legend of Stingy Jack 🎃 He was also known as Jack the Smith, Drunk Jack, Flaky Jack, or Jack of the Lantern, is a mythical character from Irish folklore. His story is often associated with Halloween and he’s considered the mascot of the holiday. The tale of Stingy Jack goes back several centuries in Ireland. Jack was notorious as a deceiver and manipulator, infamous for his drunkenness and for being a trickster. One night, Satan himself came to see if Jack lived up to his vile…

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Halloween fact #22 Jack O’Lantern is someone we closely associate with the traditional carved pumpkins of Halloween. However, his story dates back to ancient Irish myth and the character of Stingy Jack. He was said to be doomed to roam the earth at night due to a deal made with the devil. To light his path, he used to light coal and carry it in a carved-out turnip. When Irish settlers arrived in the USA, they realised the pumpkin offered a much better surface for carving.

In The Legend of Stingy Jack, one man outsmarts the devil and ends up becoming a central figure in the jack o lantern origin. Learn the story on Always the Holidays! #StingyJack #JackOLantern

Use a smartphone or GPS device to navigate to the provided coordinates. Look for a other hidden container. When you find it, write your name and date in the logbook. If you take something from the container, leave something in exchange. The terrain is 2.5 and difficulty is 3 (out of 5).

Some photos of our Jack-o-lantern carving social from a few weeks back. We had some amazing and spooky carvings🎃💀✨ Have you heard the tale of Stingy Jack the sinner? In Irish folklore he tricked the Devil up an apple tree, and in return was barred from both Heaven and Hell, cursed to roam the Earth on All Hallow's Eve with nothing but a turnip for a lantern to light his way🎃 #wheeloffate #wheeloffateedinburgh #jackolantern