The First Jack-O-Lantern || Halloween Folklore with Dael Kingsmill

[@FirstnameLastname-kn5sw]

"Jack was an Irishman of ill repute" Not like you to repeat yourself, Dale, but I'll allow it. I kid, I kid, obviously I kid.

[@joereilly7082]

Hey, I resemble that remark :)

[@archangel2106]

"Best last request ever. Let's go get turnt~" - you are the best, you really are Dael

[@joereilly7082]

After the Geek and Sundry version of this story I actually hollowed out a turnip and carved it into a lantern face complete with handle and carried it as I took my daughter trick or treating.

[@MonarchsFactory]

Hey, that's awesome!!

[@AlgunPersona]

I heard a contemporary version in which Jack carves a watermelon instead of a pumpkin

[@budahbaba7856]

The version i heard, it was a peanut. But that one was from Georgia :P

[@Huw_Morgan]

Great story, thanks for this. Reminds me of the one in Jim Henson's Storyteller where a soldier tricked a load of devils in a sack, then trapped Death and ended up lost in limbo.

[@daredgobbo4535]

The townspeople went down a long and lonesome road. And there shined a shiny demon.

[@Zoidberg023]

2:10 You might say there shined a shiny demon in the middle of the road

[@cabe_bedlam]

You gotta believe me, I wish you were there.

[@BlueFenix01]

To further the turnip/pumpkin thing at the end, it's cause pumpkins are an American crop not native to Ireland/Europe at all. The Irish settlers who moved to America escaping famine and the like brought the Jack O'Lantern tradition and found the pumpkins easier to carve out and made better faces.

[@erik.isomer]

The first second of this video will haunt me forever

[@cabe_bedlam]

"Mythology, fairydaels, what-have-you..." I saw what you did there :)

[@daluigi1]

In my country we had a similar story about "Uvieta" a guy who got the grim reaper stuck on a tree, the virgin mary comes to try and convince him to allow the Death to come down, also the priest, and eventually even god, and each time he tricked them to get on the tree so by the end he has a lot of people up there.

[@conordonohoe1616]

I did a simaler version of the story for the fleadh Ceol when I was a teen. Great story

[@duckrutt]

Gosh darn it Dael you're gonna make me do this thing huh? Fine, I'll get off my butt and start writing my campaign design scripts. Two stories, motivation, integration and all that jazz.

[@angelofdarkness013]

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[@MonarchsFactory]

This was a lovely comment to receive, thank you :)

[@marctelfer6159]

This was such a perfectly timed upload. I just got home from work and was in the mood for something a bit on the spooky side. Yay, Dael! :D

[@grahamstewart2968]

GamoWrMo. I did that last year! ( a game system since I'm a mechanics designer) and i'm finishing off the publishable version this year! Will be great to see what everyone else comes out with.

[@Ravenous1369]

And just like that I've got a new costume idea, thanks Dael awesome Tale! Team Pumpkin forever

[@redneckdemon2936]

Nerdarchy led me here. And I'm very glad for it!

[@ingridplata2411]

I only recently discovered fairy deals and I love these!!

[@michaelsommers2356]

Jack reminds me a bit of Sisyphus.

[@tarotandtulips9855]

I loved this. Thank you so much for sharing. ✨

[@juliettechaplin2685]

you're such a natural storyteller! This was amazing.

[@MrDrManPerson]

Found your channel recently, excellent content for exploring fiction building.

[@kensvideos1]

Carving Pumpkins! Now! Ya talkn!

[@MrDemilich]

Great idea Dael Will use November to work on my game world :)

[@connierule3902]

So good! You're such a engaging storyteller!

[@ryanrex297]

Great video, thanks!

[@marcchoronzey3923]

That was a proper fireside story. Thank you Dael and Happy Hallowe'en!

[@rogerfarley7823]

Thank you. Awesome folklore. My grandma has no idea why I keep sending these to her. Whatever grandma!

[@paperpprint]

I'm totally in for #gamowrimo - just DM'd the first session in a new world I'm making up. Thanks for the motivation!!

[@RLelling]

Gamowrimo. It's on!

[@bearhall4919]

I really like you. You give me hope for the future.

[@ravenjoker254]

YAAAAAS let's het spoopy

[@neilbyrne3413]

Thanks for another great video and THANK YOU for pronouncing Samhain properly. As a native Irishman I am all too used to people butchering our language so it's lovely to hear it spoken properly :)

[@jovenc4508]

Well it is a bit difficult when the words aren't pronounced how they're spelled.

[@Magic__7]

this was spooky and cool

[@KittenisKitten]

Great to see new video Dale. So happy ;)

[@Gideun]

Reminds me of Jim Henson's The Story Teller - The Soldier

[@MonarchsFactory]

It is totally reminiscent! Also, fun fact, my siblings and I all call that episode [to the Addams Family theme] "Death in a sack, Death in a sack, Death in a sack" *snap snap*

[@Gideun]

@@MonarchsFactory Now its stuck in my head, I will never forget Death's face, creepy. Your content is dope by the way, keep making stuff.

[@Wiizozz]

She's *our Witch

[@wraithreaper22]

Another Dael video? Click ❤️🎃

[@RobinBaggett]

_She's my witch_

[@mcsdaver]

Funny, I am working on making a game in Unity right now. Not sure what I want to do in the game yet, just running my character through the woods right now and thinking about what would be fun to do. I made my Robot Dave into a game character.

[@MonarchsFactory]

Robot Dave! How is Robot Dave?

[@mcsdaver]

@@MonarchsFactory Dave is doing good, he has stronger motors and a new camera.

[@MonarchsFactory]

@@mcsdaver Fancy as!

[@shybard]

Team Pumpkin for life.

[@dyslegein]

Sounds like the beast from over the garden wall

[@MonarchsFactory]

OtGW was my Halloween festive viewing between filming and editing this and I thought he same thing

[@dyslegein]

@@MonarchsFactory it been mine for the past 3 years

[@jovenc4508]

I had always heard that the Jack 'o Lantern was carved and lit to drive away evil spirits that come out during this season, which is why they have faces. The same reason for wearing masks.

[@jakobboller1014]

I'm sure you or another viewer can educate me on this, but I think there is a German or Scandinavian tale with the same general pattern of tricking the devil up a tree, but without the lantern part. It also reminds me a bit of The Wandering Jew and Norn's Guest. The latter of which also has a light-motif (hah), and isn't as nakedly racist as the former.

[@DemTacs]

Fairy Daels. MyDaelogy. Daelis Dungeons&Dragons Doozies. Kidding. 😜

[@EzraColdsGarage]

Very similar to the story of a swamp fire or such. The guy who gets a magic hammer and keeps basically holding the Devil Hostage. Which... is a common occurrence in folklore. Does the Devil develop Stockholm syndrome?

[@NathanWhittle]

For gamowrimo you might be able to take some ideas from how Day9 runs his 30 Day Projects: dk30.day9.tv/ - he recently finished running one, so you can check out his 2019 Fall Review to see what kind of ideas people came up with!

[@scottmcdivitt2187]

You once again make me wonder if you aren't really Presley. 😀

[@peterfisher2286]

This story is similar to the story behind the Will-o-the-Wisp. The only difference is the character in that isn't such a Cad

[@ivarkrabol]

I liked the NaGa one...

[@RobertMorrisjrBog]

[@carveorpawley4406]

Pumpkins came from Mexico and are an american twist. In Ireland they used turnips.

[@carveorpawley4406]

ok you did add that at the end good on you.

[@drez4726]

Where'd you get the Werewolf shirt from?

[@thebpphantom]

I WILL ALWAYS CALL GaMoWriMo NAGA DEMO 💥

[@zecat3727]

Do you think he likes pumpkin pie?

[@alexanderlundberg5644]

Why can't the devil just jump down from the tree? Is he secretly a cat?

[@orsolyafekete7485]

or turn into a bird (or a bat, that's more on brand) and fly away

[@drez4726]

Too bad Halloween isn't all year round...