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Pumpkin carving facts

Some expert pumpkin carvers do multi-level carvings. They use the skin as level one, the flesh as level two etc.

'Jack o'lantern' refers to Stingy Jack from Irish mythology. He tricked the devil and was not allowed into either heaven or hell. Jack had to roam the earth with a glowing coal in a hollow turnip.

British and Irish people carved faces into turnips or potatoes to scare Jack and other spirits away. Early American settlers quickly found pumpkins were ideal.

Jeff Evans from Tennessee, USA, sent this image in. It shows his pumpkin carving of a famous British builder.

Wow!

This image was emailed in by Yolanda Moore, aged 7...

... and here it is lit up.

Very good Yolanda!