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==== 3. Jack-o'-Lanterns ==== '''Jack-oβ-lanterns''', carved pumpkins with eerie faces, are another hallmark of Halloween. This tradition began in Ireland, where people would carve '''turnips''' and '''potatoes''' as part of the Samhain celebrations. The legend of '''Stingy Jack''', a man who tricked the devil and was condemned to wander the earth with only a carved-out turnip to light his way, inspired the name "jack-oβ-lantern." When Irish immigrants brought the tradition to America, they found that pumpkins were easier to carve, and thus the modern jack-oβ-lantern was born.
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