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Its name comes from the phenomenon of a strange light flickering over peat bogs, called willothewisp or jackolantern. In this jackolantern origin tale, miserly jack makes a deal with a clovenhoofed stranger. Katherine tegen weaves together legend and tradition to tell the story of one of halloweens most. Miss sofies story time kids books read aloud 81,776 views. The story of the jack olantern katherine tegen hardcover. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app.

The story of the jack olantern by katherine tegen goodreads. Katherine tegen weaves together legend and tradition to tell the story of one of halloweens most popular icons. The story of the jack olantern tegen, katherine, dorman, brandon on amazon. The story of the jack olantern halloween childrens read. A jackolantern or jack olantern is a carved pumpkin, turnip, or other root vegetable lantern associated with halloween. While he was up in the tree, jack carved a sign of the cross into the. The story of the jack in jackolantern wisconsin public radio.

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