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Places to go, things to do and people to see in Kentucky; October, 2014 issue. Featuring Halloween, haunted houses; weekend getaways and travelTRANSCRIPT
Legend of the Jack-O-Lantern!People have been making Jack O’ Lanterns at
Halloween for centuries. I recently learn they origi-nated from an Irish myth about a blacksmith anddrunk named Stingy Jack. According to the story,Stingy Jack invited the Devil to have a drink withhim and true to his name, Stingy Jack didn’t want topay for his drink, so he convinced the Devil to turnhimself into a coin that he could use to buy theirdrinks. Once the Devil did so, Jack decided to keepthe money and put it into his pocket next to a silvercross, which prevented the Devil from changing backinto his original form. Jack eventually freed the Devil,under the condition that he would not bother Jack forone year and that, should Jack die, he would not claimhis soul. The next year, Jack again tricked the Devil intoclimbing into a tree to pick a piece of fruit. While he wasup in the tree, Jack carved a sign of the cross into thetree’s bark so that the Devil could not come down untilthe Devil promised Jack not to bother him for ten moreyears.
Soon after, Jack died. As the legend goes, God wouldnot allow such a man into heaven. The Devil, upset bythe trick Jack had played on him and keeping his wordnot to claim his soul, would not allow Jack into hell. Hesent Jack off into the dark night with an ember from thefires of Hell to light his way. Jack put the ember into aturnip he carved out to light his way through the darknight. The Irish began to refer to this ghostly figure as“Jack of the Lantern,” and then later known as the “JackO’ Lantern.”
In Ireland and Scotland people started to make theirown carved lanterns by carving scary faces into turnipsand potatoes to place in their windows and next todoors to scare away Stingy Jack and other evil spirits.The Irish Potato Famine of the mid-1800’s prompted amassive immigration to the Americas.The Irish broughtthis tradition with them and discovered that turnipswere not readily available in the Americas and it wasthen that they found pumpkins we larger and easier tocarve.
So there you have it. Hope you enjoyed learning theLegend of the Jack O’ Lantern! Until next time...
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The air is nippy and the leaves
are turning to their beautiful fall
colors. So it’s time to take the
whole family on one last week-
end getaway before the winter.
See page 6 for Haunted ideas
in time for Halloween
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Special Feature of the Month
“Haunted Happenings ”
Best of the Best Page 06
(& throughout this issue)
What’s Inside...
Places to Go:Copper Canyon Ranch Page 09
State Parks Page 10
Haunted Circus Page 14
Things to Do:Walk with the Zombies Page 08Kill a Mockingbird Page 15Throw a Goulish Party Page 16
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GREENVILLE- From Elviszombies to anextra crispysouthern friedColonel Sandersghoul, there willbe no shortageof strangelyattired freaks,geeks and evena friendly ghostor two at theFourth AnnualZombie Walk indowntownGreenville.
The frightfullyfree fun beginsat 6 p.m.Saturday, Oct.18.
Event organiz-er, Clint Cobb and owner of MainStreet Costumes, said last year'sZombie Walk brought out overtwenty-five hundred creepycrawlers and onlookers. A total of$1,500 was raised, with all pro-ceeds going to benefit theMuhlenberg County Children'sFund.
"It's always a great time, and wedo emphasize that people dobring smaller children, so wedon't really want to scare people,"
Cobb said. "We just wanteveryone to have a goodtime and help a great cause.This year we are addingsomething newÖ zombiesversus pirates, so peoplecan come as either or justuse your imagination.There'll be zombie bakedgoods, a zombie DJ, livezombie music, a costumecontest, a make-up stationand a brain eating contest.î
Those who miss theZombie walk, and still want
to help theMuhlenbergCountyChildren's Fund,donations will beaccepted yearround throughGreenvilleSecond BaptistChurch.
The fund cov-ers medicalneeds, includingwheel chairs,lodging and othernecessities. Thefund has servedthe county for 25years and isfunded solelythrough dona-tions.
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