Ep 62 - Jack o Lanterns - Feat. Casie Ropski
Willing & Fable
English - October 19, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 81.9 MBEducation History Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This week Tracey shares the history behind everyone's favorite spooky pumpkins.
Casie joins us once again to discuss the myths behind Jack o Lanterns.
Sources
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack-o%27-lantern
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stingy_Jack
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samhain
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_o%27_the_bowl
Nat Geo
Pumpkin nook
https://www.pumpkinnook.com/facts/jack.htm
Mental Floss
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/12865/whats-origin-jack-o-lanterns
Reader’s Digest
https://www.rd.com/article/why-do-we-carve-pumpkins/
History Channel
https://www.history.com/news/history-of-the-jack-o-lantern-irish-origins
Time
https://time.com/5434659/halloween-pagan-origins-in-samhain/
Punkin Chunkin
https://www.punkinchunkin.com/
History
https://www.history.com/news/history-of-the-jack-o-lantern-irish-origins
https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/samhain
https://www.history.com/topics/halloween/history-of-halloween