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Will o’ the Wisp

In Irish folklore, Stingy Jack was a mean individual who tricked the devil and in the end was forced to wander the earth as a lost soul with only a burning coal to light his way which he kept in a carved out turnip. It was from this story that the idea of Pumpkin carving at Halloween (Samhain) originated as in Ireland turnips rather than pumpkins were used. Many people also believed that he was the Will o’ the Wisp, the mysterious lights that glow on the bogs and marshland and may lead travellers to their doom.