Carved pumpkins are traditionally known as “ jack - o - lanterns . ” traditionally , the jack - o - lantern was carved from a turnip , potato , or beet and lit with a burning candle 众人皆知的杰克南瓜灯是刻在南瓜上，但人们一开始是在萝卜，马铃薯或甜菜上刻灯笼，然后挖空并点燃蜡烛在里面，形成灯笼。
Well , i warn t long loosing the whoops down amongst the towheads ; and i only tried to chase them a little while , anyway , because it was worse than chasing a jack - o - lantern 因为在我的左右两旁，我都隐隐约约瞥见了沙洲的景色。有的时候，只是在两岸中间一条狭窄的水道上漂。有些是我看不见的。
Often children and adults clean out a pumpkin , carve a face on it and light a candle inside . then they put this " jack - o - lantern " in their window . some people ask children to sing a song or a trick before giving them their treats . occasionally , teenagers play tricks on people who won ' t give them treats . they might throw eggs at the house , rub soap on the windows or steal the jack - o - lantern 孩子们和大人经常将南瓜洗干净,把它雕刻成一张脸再在里面放上点燃的蜡烛.然后,他们将这"南瓜鬼脸灯"放在他们的窗台上.有些人会用歌唱的形式向孩子们提问,或者在款待他们之前搞一些恶作剧.有时侯少年们会向那些不款待他们的人们闹恶作剧,他们也许会向他们的房子扔鸡蛋,将肥皂水涂抹在他们的玻璃窗山,或者偷走他们的南瓜鬼脸灯
In the 1840s , irish settlers brought their halloween customs to north america . the jack - o - lantern comes from an old irish myth of a man named stingy jack . he wandered the earth as a spirit because he had played a trick on the devil . jack couldn ' t get into hell and he was too greedy to get into heaven . the devil threw jack a burning coal that he stuck into a turnip . he uses it as a lantern to light his path as he searches for a final resting place 在1840年左右,爱尔兰的移民将万圣节的装束带到了北美.南瓜鬼脸灯来自于古老的爱尔兰神话故事中那个叫斯汀杰,杰克的男人.因为他开魔鬼的玩笑,所以他像一个幽灵一样在地球上游荡.杰克无法进入地狱,而且因为他太贪婪也无法升入天堂
