Monday 22 October 2012

Answer questions about 'The Legend of Stingy Jack'

Activity 2: Popular Halloween traditions

1.      An Irish myth about a man named "Stingy Jack."
2.      Stingy Jack convinced the Devil to turn himself into a coin, so Jack could use to buy their drinks. Because he didn't want to pay for his drink.
3.      Under the condition that the devil would not bother Jack for one year and that, if Jack should die, the devil would not claim his soul.
4.      Jack again tricked the Devil climbing into a tree to pick a piece of fruit. While he was up in the tree, Jack carved a sign of the cross into the tree's bark so that the Devil could not come down until the Devil promised Jack not to bother him for ten more years.
5.      Jack died.
6.      Neither heaven nor hell can Jack go.
7.      The Irish began to call Jack’s Ghost "Jack of the Lantern," and then, simply "Jack O'Lantern."
8.      People began to make their own Jack's lanterns by carving scary faces into turnips or potatoes and placing them into windows or near doors to frighten away Stingy Jack and other wandering evil spirits.
9.      Pumpkins.

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