Everyone knows that pumpkin carving is a usual part of Halloween celebration in America. But in spite of the fact that carving is widely spread among Americans in autumn, only a few of them know when the tradition of jack o'lantern began.
Stingy Jack was a man who always played tricks on Devil and forced him not to disturb him for several years. When Jack died God didn't want such a figure on heaven and the Devil as he had promised didn't send him to hell. So, he sent Jack into the dark night with a coal to light up his way. Jack put the coal into the curved-out turnip and was wandering along the Earth. Since that time Irish people began to call this figure as "Jack of the Lantern" or simply "Jack O'Lantern".
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