Halloween and the Devil's Trick or Treat

Jeff Guo: One of the most famous fairy tales and folk legends told throughout Europe is about a blacksmith named Jack. He tricks the devil out of taking his soul, but when he dies, heaven obviously doesn't want him,. So the devil very reluctantly throws Jack a burning hell ember to light his way. And so Jack puts thisburning hell ember in a carved gourd and uses that toLight his way as he endlessly wanders the earth. That's how he becomes known as Jack of the Lantern or Jack of Lantern.