Jack was a mischievous man who liked to trick people, including trapping the Devil in a tree by carving a cross in its trunk. When Jack died, he was denied entrance into heaven and hell due to his trickery. The Devil took pity on Jack and gave him an ember to light his way, which he carried inside a hollowed-out turnip. Jack became known as "Jack of the Lantern" as he walked the roads at night with his flaming turnip. Immigrants later began using pumpkins instead of turnips for Jack's lanterns in America.

1. Origins of Jack O'Lantern
An Irish ...........................(tale) tells us where the origins of the name
Jack o'lantern come from. There once was a man named Jack who
liked to play tricks on people. He lived a long,
mischievous .......................(life).
One day he tricked Satan into climbing a tree. Jack then carved the
image of a Holy Cross in the ...........................(trunk) of the tree. This
trapped the Devil up the tree.
Jack made a deal with the Devil that: he would let the Devil down the
tree, if the Devil.....................................( promised) to never tempt him
again.
After Jack died, he was not permitted into .................................
(Heaven) because of his evil ways. He was also denied access to Hell
because he had tricked the ........................(Devil). The devil gave him a
single ember to light his way through the freezing blackness. This
flame was put inside a hollowed-out turnip to keep it glowing.
As Jack walked his never ending journey as punishment for his
trickery, he carried a burning coal inside a turnip to help him see
along the .................................(roads) everywhere he travelled. Soon he
was known as "Jack of the lantern" or Jack O'Lantern.
In Ireland, turnips were used as their Jack's lanterns originally.
However, immigrants to America, found ................................(pumpkins)
more plentiful than turnips. The Jack-O-Lantern in America was a
hollowed-out pumpkin, lit with an ember.
Glossary
- mischievous /'mɪstʃəvəs / :adjetivo ‹child› travieso;‹grin› pícaro
- to trick: engañar
- make a deal: hacer un trato
- ember: ascua
-freezing: very cold
- turnip: nabo
- to glow: brillar, arder