Jack put the ember inside of a turnip and roamed the earth without a resting place, lighting the way with his Jack O' Lantern. On All Hallows Eve, the Irish would carve turnips, rutabagas, gourds, potatoes, and beets. They did this to ward off evil spirits and keep Stingy Jack away. When the Irish came to America, they found that using pumpkins were easier to carve out because they were so big. And so, our Jack O' Lanterns are carved using pumpkins.
I always knew that Jack O' Lanterns were used to keep away yucky spirits but I didn't know the story of Stingy Jack. We don't have our Jack O' Lanterns carved yet but I do have this decorative "lamp" hanging outside our front door - is it spooky enough to keep away anything eerie or ghostly or mysterious?
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Danette Badger
This is the second time I have taken on this challenge. I completed a 365 in 2014 - took 2015 off and decided that this year I wanted to do another challenge. I am part of an amazing group of talented photographers who post an image from an interpretation of a prompt that we receive every day in our e-mail. It's so neat to see how differently a person perceives a simple word or concept and how they translate that into a photograph. I am kicking myself that I didn't do a challenge in 2015 so this is me getting back into doing something I enjoy so very much! Archives
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