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A Halloween Jack O’Lantern Story This is the story of Stingy Jack O’Lantern, told to me by my Irish grandfather, while he carved the pumpkins at Halloween. The same story his old Grandpop told at Halloween. My grandfather has long since passed away, bless his soul, and now I’m passing the story on to you.

Many, many grandfathers ago, there was a man named Jack, who was called Stingy Jack, for he was as stingy as he was cunning; a trickster a thief, and a roamer, with no home to belong to. Jack never paid for anything that he could connive, beg, borrow or steal, and he lived off the land - other people’s, that is. One Halloween, Stingy Jack was in a tavern, looking to see who he could cheat at cards, when the devil came in. Yes, its well known that the devil walks abroad on Halloween, and where else would he drop in, but a tavern? Now Jack, recognizing the devil, thought to trick him - just for the hell of it, so to speak! So Jack acted drunk - well, actually he was already a bit drunk, of course, and lamented loud, for all to hear, how he would sell his soul for a silver coin, to buy him a few more drinks, to get wildly drunk that night. And the devil came up to Jack, all quiet and secretive like, and told how he would be happy to oblige……. Read the rest of this Halloween Jack O’Lantern story (0)