20 Facts About Halloween No One Ever Told You

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Potatoes were originally used to make jack-o’-lanterns on Halloween.

Halloween just wouldn’t be the same without a few spooky carved out pumpkins. But years ago in Ireland, where the jack o’-lantern tradition began, people made the decorations using vegetables that were more readily available to them: large potatoes and turnips.

When the tradition made its way to the U.S. through immigration, Americans used pumpkins instead.

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