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As the story of Stingy Jack goes, [clarification needed] several centuries ago in Ireland, there lived a drunkard known as Stingy Jack. He was known throughout the land as a deceiver or manipulator. On a fateful night, Satan overheard the tale of Jack's evil deeds and silver tongue.
An old Irish folk tale from the mid-18th century tells of Stingy Jack, a lazy yet shrewd blacksmith who uses a cross to trap Satan. One story says that Jack tricked Satan into climbing an apple tree, and once he was up there, Jack quickly placed crosses around the trunk or carved a cross into the bark, so that Satan could not get down. [29]
Stingy Jack threatens Emily, mistaking her for the one who found his lantern and the one whose soul should take his place. Howard attempts the incantation to bind Jack several times as he tries to take Emily away, but Syd reminds him he has to believe in it for it to work, and after Howard says the incantation while believing, Jack is banished ...
The name jack-o-lantern comes from an Irish folktale of a man named Stingy Jack. The story goes that Jack invited the Devil to have a drink with him, but Jack didn't want to pay for the drinks and ...
Plus, the meaning behind Halloween symbols, from jack-o'-lanterns to black cats. ... as well as the story behind some of the symbols ... ago thanks to an old folktale about a man called Stingy Jack.
English: This Romantic era poem, published in 1851 and likely written by Hercules Ellis, tells the story of the Irish folk legend Stingy Jack - A.K.A. Jack-o'-Lantern. The 1851 book source is titled The Rhyme Book. It was published in London by Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans. Full book is available here:
Thus, the name “Jack-of-the-Lantern” or simply “jack-o’-lantern” came to be, as Irish folk saw him roaming with his lantern, and they also started carving turnips, and later, pumpkins!
Unlike moralizing fairy heroes, Jack is often lazy or foolish, but emerges triumphant through wit and trickery, resembling the trickster or rebel archetypes. Some of the stories feature Jack's brothers, Will and Tom. [citation needed] The notional "Jack" corresponds with the German Hans (or Hänsel) and the Russian Ivan the Fool. [1]