The Legend of Jack o'Lantern

The story of Jack o'Lantern comes from an Irish folktale about a blacksmith known as Stingy Jack who invited the Devil for a drink but refused to pay. So he proposed to strike a deal: he would give him his soul in exchange for a last bevvy. The Devil accepted and turned into a coin to pay back his drink, but Stingy Jack took the coin and put it in his pocket.
The devil begged to set him free and Stingy Jack accepted in exchange for the promise that he would have laid off his soul for the following 10 years.
Years went by and ten years later the devil came back to seize Jack's soul. Therefore, the man asked him to grant his last desire: eating an apple. Satan accepted and climbed upon a tree to pick the apple, but Jack suddenly carved a holy cross into the tree and trapped him again.
Therefore, the Devil promised not to bother him for another 10 years in exchange for freedom. Eventually, Stingy Jack died of old age and his soul was doomed to roam around in the Afterworld. Paradise did not want him as he was too stingy, but neither Hell accepted him, because of what he had done to Satan. The weather was cold outside and the Devil granted Stingy Jack his last wish: a burning coal. Therefore, Jack put the burning coal into a carved-out turnip and began wandering around the Earth.