Jack-o'-Lantern: The History of Halloween

The etymology of Jack-o’-Lantern and the confused history of Hallowe’en. And you can find more spooky etymologies in our video on Ghost Words: https://youtu.be/Td5FtoKWWTI #halloween #historyofhalloween #etymology Check out our Patreon page if you'd like to help support us: https://www.patreon.com/TheEndlessKnot For further explorations of these subjects, check out Thorneloe University's courses in the Humanities, including "Greek and Latin Roots of English" and other Ancient Studies courses, online and on campus in Sudbury, Ontario. http://www.thorneloe.ca/endlessknot Show notes & credits: http://www.alliterative.net/jackolantern Transcript: http://www.alliterative.net/jackolantern-transcript Related blog post: http://www.alliterative.net/blog/2015/10/27/the-many-faces-of-the-jack-o-lantern Related podcast episode: http://www.alliterative.net/podcast/2016/10/25/episode-22-jack-olantern or https://youtu.be/GH7-hQTO4GA Website: http://www.alliterative.net/ Blog: http://www.allitera