The Jack O' Lantern
The jack o' lantern is about a guy that was always bad.
He played jokes on everyone. He was getting worried about what
would happen to his soul when he died. He was sure he would go to hell.
One day, he invited Saintain to a drink. Saintain agreed, "As long as you pay for it." Jack protested, then suggested that Saintain turned into a 16-
pence piece and when the drinks were paid for, he could change back.
Saintain agreed. As soon as the devil had changed, Jack put the coin in his
pocket. The devil couldn't change back because of a silver cross Jack kept
in his pocket.
"If you leave me alone for a year, I'll let you go." And that's what
happened.
Of course, Jack kept to his ways and continued with his tricks and practical jokes. About a year later, Jack spoted the devil again. This time Jack got Saintain to climb a tree. When Saintain was going back down, he found he couldn't. Jack was down on the ground... holding a cross. Jack made Saintain promise that he would leave him alone for ten years. Saintain promised this. Jack died before that though.
When Jack died. He wasn't allowed to go to Heaven.When he tried to go to hell, he found that because he had tricked the devil, he wasn't admitted in hell. Instead, Saintain threw him a candle to light his way on earth. Jack put the candle in a turnip and made a lantern.
The broom riding rumor
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The broom flying idea
See, the Celic people (read Halloween Origin to find out who these people are), were what you'd call... witches. Now see, they had this... ah... club. Whoever wanted to join them had to do an initiation. They wanted the new person to believe that magic was real.They blind folded whoever was new and gave them a broom. They rubbed a special paste of herbs on their feet to make them numb. They also made them drink something to confuse the mind. This gave the new person the feeling of flight. TA-da! Flying on a broom.