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JACK-O-LANTERNS
IT IS A COMMON PRACTICE IN APPLETON, WISCONSIN TO HOLLOW A PUMPKIN
OUT AND CARVE A FACE INTO THE REMAINING SHELL. A CANDLE OR A
LIGHT BULB IS THEN PLACED INSIDE. THE PUMPKINS MADE IN THIS MANNER
ARE CALLED JACK-O-LANTERNS ARE USED TO CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT PERSONALLY WITNESSED THIS EVENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- October 31 Halloween |
Date learned: 10-16-1967