Oct 14, 2017
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According to an ancient Celtic
legend it is said that on the night of Samhain (The
Celtic New Year's Eve), a night that is outside the
cycle of time because it belongs neither to the Old Year that has
just ended nor the New Year that has not yet begun, it may
be possible to discern, in the mists that separate the world of the
living from that of the spirits, a man who wanders in search of the
road to Paradise. He holds his lantern in a hollowed out pumpkin,
and inside it there would be a burning firebrand from the embers of
hell.
That man is Jack!
Jack O’ Lantern.
But who was Jack?
The only ordinary man who has a feast day dedicated to him
that by now is celebrated the world over.
Why do we celebrate him on Halloween night?
Hardly anyone knows his story; “To hell with them!” Jack would
say.