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What is the origin of Halloween pumpkin lantern?

The origin of Halloween ghost fire, a long time ago in Ireland, one day a man named Jack invited the devil to drink. Because he had no money to pay the bill after drinking, he persuaded the devil to change it into sixpence to pay for the drink. Later, the devil promised Jack not to scare him for a whole year, and Jack let the devil out of the Halloween jack-o'-lantern.

The next year, the devil appeared again. He promised not to harass Jack for a year, but Jack died before the end of the year. Heaven will not accept him after death, because he is stingy; Hell won't keep him because he plays tricks on the devil. Desperate, he finally had to continue walking, carrying white radish, which contained charcoal fire sent by the devil to light up the road and find a place to rest. Later, Irish people made lanterns with potatoes or kohlrabi.

In the1840s, with the arrival of new immigrants from America, they found a better material than white radish, that is pumpkin, so the pumpkin lanterns they saw were usually made of pumpkin.

Professional production tools for Halloween pumpkin lanterns generally include: knives, saws, shovels, rakes, spoons, etc.