"Manipulative piece of garbage with no morals or epathy for anyone. If you've seen any of David Dobrik's content, you're familiar with the type" damn what a (justified) burn Jon 🔥
@JonSolo3 жыл бұрын
Spot-on, right? Now if only he would box me…
@daniellecommons92573 жыл бұрын
I don't know who that is
@w3_9im9inmarz23 жыл бұрын
I pay to see that 😂😂🚫🧢
@raydark80073 жыл бұрын
that one hell of burn XD
@Kuro_Tsuki3 жыл бұрын
OOF
@MrMrx1234567893 жыл бұрын
Gandalf Jack o lantern to evil spirits: *"YOU SHALL NOT PASS!!!!!!!!!!!!"*
@HeartofPages3 жыл бұрын
Jon: "No one wants to eat pumpkins" Pumpkin pie: am I joke to you?
@powerofk3 жыл бұрын
The pumpkins used for pie are actually smaller than Jack-o-lantern pumpkins, which are pretty much only good for carving and not much else.
@solus86852 жыл бұрын
And pumpkin soup💔
@eyalm8672 жыл бұрын
im not liking this, becuase its at the perfect number of likes, 69
@cheneethompson57562 жыл бұрын
Pumpkin spice lattes are great, too!
@tarakennedy707 Жыл бұрын
@@cheneethompson5756 there's no pumpkin in pumpkin spice....
@VONMEEK3 жыл бұрын
In true Scottish tradition, scary faces were carved into neeps (turnips) to create lanterns that would scare off ghouls wandering in the witching house. Thanks to America's influence, pumpkins are now as common as turnips for lanterns in Scotland - and are considerably easier to carve. (National trust for Scotland )
@2degucitas3 жыл бұрын
The witching house? What is that?
@gifttanz3 жыл бұрын
I still do a turnip because turnip is actually a nice taste after XD And then I have a sad withered Turnip face in my garden for like six months after until I remember to chuck it into the compost heap.
@martinasplunkett1803 жыл бұрын
Began on Ireland 👌🇮🇪
@laoch56583 жыл бұрын
all scottish traditions are taken from irish culture
@martinasplunkett1803 жыл бұрын
@@laoch5658 then don't say in true Scottish tradition. Say~'in true Irish tradition, all us celts adopted this/these practices' .
@bethmarriott92923 жыл бұрын
The Devil every time Jack tricks him: Bruh
@SupBro-ww9go2 жыл бұрын
Pretty much
@GredelsRage2 жыл бұрын
If the devil is that gullible how is hrll a fear? Lol
@wrynn.creates3 жыл бұрын
My dad had told me a different tale, Wandering Jack, he was toughest, meanist, courageous man whom walked. He walked into hell. The demons who lived in hell tried their hardest to scare him, to take his soul. But with no reaction Jack saw hell. He stole a ember of hell. So hot it burned blue, never unlit. He placed it in his lantern and journey on. He walked and walked. He walked to the gates of heaven. Where god himself rejected him because he’s seen, experienced hell, and stole from hell. And now walks in between our world and the world of the dead. He will be forever cursed to walk the veil.
@nylaaniece3 жыл бұрын
i like this version
@sdb98843 жыл бұрын
It’s been a while since I have heard the original story. It was nice to learn the other and refresh my memory of the older one. Informative and entertaining, as always, Jon! Happy Spoopy Season!
@istoleyourlatte3 жыл бұрын
Gosh, Jack the Pumpkin King’s personality (in The Nightmare Before Christmas), makes so much sense now! He feels lost because he is stuck and lost, not in heaven nor hell.
@ceceward51223 жыл бұрын
Some one who is in neither heaven or hell is in purgatory
@nightmarerex20353 жыл бұрын
@@ceceward5122 or on earth still
@crystalrosemartinez81153 жыл бұрын
I thought the same thing! Do you think zero's jack-o'-lantern nose is the light 🕯️??
@GeekyRaptorStudios3 жыл бұрын
actually Jack is supposed to be the headless horseman, look it up.
@GeekyRaptorStudios3 жыл бұрын
specifically from sleepy hollow
@JonSolo3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for checking out the first episode of our annual Spoop-a-Thon! (☞゚ヮ゚)☞ What do you think about the origins of Jack-o'-Lanterns? Have you heard Stingy Jack's story before or perhaps another version? BIG SHOUTOUT to the newest member of the Messed Up Origins team Jack Daly for doing the research for this episode! There's no way I could have been so confident with my presentation without his help!
@tayloredwards49683 жыл бұрын
Please do a video on Frankenstein🎃
@theresamiley89173 жыл бұрын
I have read many short stories about a guy named Jack. He is a clever character who uses his brain to get out of trouble, like Brer Rabbit. Mostly from American Folk Tales and Songs by Richard Chase.
@zuleymaarreola1843 жыл бұрын
Are we gonna get a corpse bride video this year?👀
@crimsonffire3 жыл бұрын
You did it yay. Thank you
@YourQueerGreatAuntie3 жыл бұрын
Congratulations on your pronunciation of Samhain!!!! I'm interested in your source dating the story to the 8th century? The only Early Irish story I know of in this area is Echtrae Nerai / The Adventures of Nera. It's about many things, but includes having to carry a corpse on his back to find it a drink of water. No reference to marsh lights though...
@AndrewVelonis3 жыл бұрын
I know a different version of the second version: Jack was a blacksmith who was mean to everyone, but he knew how to treat a stranger. So when a haggard old man shows up, he provides lunch. Turns out it's St. Peter. Three wishes: anyone but Jack picks up the hammer, it starts hammering and the holder can't let go. Chair squeezes occupants other than Jack. Rose bush captures those who break a branch. Devil's youngest son gets tricked into picking up the hammer, gets rattled, capitulates. Devil's older son sits in the chair, gets squeezed, same. Devil, in a rage, intends to whip Jack into submission, breaks off a branch of the rose bush, gets captured, submits. No one gets beaten. At the end of Jack's days, is first refused admission into heaven, but on his approach to Hell, Satan doesn't want the man who tricked him in his domain, throws a glowing coal at him and says "You go find a Hell of your own". Turnip, lantern, yadda yadda. BTW, October 31 is halfway between the equinox and the solstice "When the walls between the worlds are at their thinnest"
@briannalee19983 жыл бұрын
This version sounds familiar. It is almost as messed up as the ones in the video
@sandragraves11773 жыл бұрын
Anytime the devil or a saint shows up in a Celtic myth you know the Catholics have been screwing with it
@ameliawarfield56372 жыл бұрын
Andrew Velonis, I know a similar version of the story, and it was called Mean Jack. I read it when I was a kid. I know what you're talking about. Happy Halloween!!
@skyden241953 жыл бұрын
Jon Solo: "I first have to tell you a story about a guy named Stingy Jack. He was a liar, a manipulator, a drunk, and his soul was so black that Satan himself was jealous." The Joker: "I like him already."
@candiigurl78933 жыл бұрын
"Now you know how I felt that morning I woke up next to your mother." Dang. Classic Jon Solo. 😂
@elizahhoward39233 жыл бұрын
Honestly he is offensive
@ceceliakittyface53013 жыл бұрын
Fr 😂
@PanzerShrek943 жыл бұрын
@@elizahhoward3923 yep.isn't that nice?
@jaysamabihh3 жыл бұрын
Naw why he do my momma like tha😭
@johnlane57043 жыл бұрын
When his mom can't figure out who Jon's dad really is he has to say this
@OnizukaAllMighty3 жыл бұрын
"You'll see this face in your nightmares, and it's all thanks to me" I accepted the roast,but then he did this "Now you know how I felt when I woke up in the morning next to your mother"
@Azulakayes3 жыл бұрын
Hilarious
@djl1on6413 жыл бұрын
he did not have to do us like that 😭😂
@candiigurl78933 жыл бұрын
Suddenly, I'm reminded of Billy and Mandy's Jacked Up Halloween.
@KenwrathKDK3 жыл бұрын
It followed a similar theme but even though Jack was immortal anything cut with the reapers scythe can never be mended
@candiigurl78933 жыл бұрын
@@KenwrathKDK yep! I remember that.
@brianlevine8713 жыл бұрын
That was an awesome episode! Plus, it's the only version of Stingy Jack (well Prankster, but still) that actually got into Hell.
@ceceward51223 жыл бұрын
I love that episode
@matthew_natividad3 жыл бұрын
Time to go look for that ep
@darriendastar39413 жыл бұрын
I'm so old that when I was a littl'un in the pagan wastelands of Britain that we used to have to carve a turnip for Hallowe'en (pumpkins were definitely 'furrin muck, neither fit for man nor beast'. Apart from it being far more difficult to carve a turnip than a pumpkin, you have to factor in the absolutely horrendous stench of a candle cooking a turnip from the inside. It's entirely possible that the smell of a turnip jack-o-lantern did more to scare aware evil spirits than the carved face. (Also, you had the cringing embarrassment of your Dad scraping off the sooty bit of the inner turnip and then frying up the somewhat-cooked rest as part of his breakfast the next morning. Where I lived, on the morning of Nov 1st, was filled with the sounds of little children crying: "Ewww Daaad!!!"
@2degucitas3 жыл бұрын
Was eating the turnip a common thing?
@darriendastar39413 жыл бұрын
@@2degucitas Eating turnips generally was pretty common throughout my childhood. And I still eat them today, once in a rare while.
@BrightWendigo3 жыл бұрын
@@2degucitas probably as common as us using the seeds of the pumpkin if not more so
@angeladavis92543 жыл бұрын
Lol.
@rcr763 жыл бұрын
Yes .love that smell .an why would you not eat it needs taste great .my favourite veg
@BookwormBelle11913 жыл бұрын
I never knew about Stingy Jack, only about the carving of turnips/pumpkins to scare away evil spirits. This is the kind of content I love to watch for the Spoopy Season. BTW, have you heard of the Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury? The story does cover the origins of the holiday and how different cultures celebrate it, plus it was an animated Hanna Barbara movie with Leonard Nimoy providing the voice of Moundshroud
@Rissy6173 жыл бұрын
I effing love the Halloween tree! I still watch it every year 😅 so good
@rachaelknudsen88013 жыл бұрын
Such a moving book!
@shakky10013 жыл бұрын
Jon solo doing it again. This is by far the best series on KZbin hands down.
@danielmeredith42223 жыл бұрын
I agree :) Jon Solo rocks and so do you 🌏
@quintonlange53233 жыл бұрын
I do really agree with this but Jon solo and James A Janisse are the same for me
@kalishaspikes63633 жыл бұрын
That’s a fact.
@glaceongirlakasusie49613 жыл бұрын
This is true.
@smb-c3po3 жыл бұрын
But he should ditch the sponsorships and rely on Patreon like a normal person.
@kiwe94923 жыл бұрын
Honestly the story where Jack gets the demon stuck to his chair, toolbox, and walking stick and then beats them is honestly the funniest and smartest form of protection
@whiteeye3453 Жыл бұрын
And the most black air force energy
@sunnybaudelaire153 жыл бұрын
One time my dad (who’s from Dublin, we now live in America) told some American teenagers this story and scared them. He also carved a, what I can only describe as a wannabe voodo doll face, into a radish (he couldn’t find a turnip) and left in in our front window. And let me tell you, as a 5 year old, those things are scary as all get out. 😂
@angeladavis92543 жыл бұрын
Lol
@destoker3 жыл бұрын
That last story is also known as "The tinker of Tamlacht." But there he is a kind man who cheats of the devil ( and makes Dead the gothfather of his child, and tells God the truth by the way :) ) Look it up!
@XonixDerps3 жыл бұрын
This is one of those tales that I learned about varying degrees so it was so cool to watch a vid on them from you going more indepth!
@stephanieden43 жыл бұрын
Same with me
@magicpyroninja3 жыл бұрын
Well I've got to say he made three weird wishes but he sure as f*** did make good use of those three sticky objects
@missimccarthy84083 жыл бұрын
Love when you bring up the tiny island of Ireland, its crazy to think what an influence we had on other countries. I know we obviously moved over in our droves to the US but still it's fascinating
@KeithRingo2 жыл бұрын
Ah sure.. all good things can be traced back to us. Halloween, hard booze, creamy mashed potatoes, and red hair. The rest of the country just has to realise us here in Longford are the hidden gem.
@missimccarthy84082 жыл бұрын
@@KeithRingo Hahaha! We are quite amazing alright 😁 My family lives in Longford but I can't say I go there often tbh
@KeithRingo2 жыл бұрын
@@missimccarthy8408 best county in Ireland, moved here from Dublin. Bought a 4 best cheaper than rent on an apartment in Dublin. Cows for neighbours, and 6 minutes from ?McDonald's and the cinema. And I'm an hour 20 drive from Dublin. Best of all worlds.
@gregzotter61893 жыл бұрын
I know it's a show, but...Gravity Falls has "Summerween" where they carve watermelons instead of pumpkins and watch out for The Summerween Trickster, a being that kills those that don't have the Summerween spirit.
@Heva19873 жыл бұрын
The Irish coming to America must have been so happy to find and easier to crave vegetable like the pumpkin. I tried once to crave a turnip and it was hard work.
@thedecafe12 жыл бұрын
Lol 😂
@niamhnir3 жыл бұрын
As an Irish person I didn’t know this, I knew we used to carve turnips but I didn’t know we were responsible for what is iconic in America. But it makes sense as our original Halloween Samhain is when the veil between the living and dead is at it’s thinnest to allow lost souls to crossover.
@thedecafe12 жыл бұрын
Lol 😂
@AveryTalksAboutStuff3 жыл бұрын
I was told this story when I was ten and have been living with the trauma ever since. 😅
@BlueberryFundip3 жыл бұрын
🙃
@ceceward51223 жыл бұрын
I learned the origins of Halloween through the Halloween documentary on the history channel
@solus86852 жыл бұрын
How's that trauma? Did you go to hell too?
@rowanw13123 жыл бұрын
Eyyy I’m a Celtic Pagan so hearing you talk about Samhain and the Christians practices in that time is refreshing and awesome!
@laurakuhn87433 жыл бұрын
And he pronounced Samhain right! Yes!!!
@cailinmolenda89903 жыл бұрын
also a celtic pagan!!!
@rowanw13123 жыл бұрын
@@cailinmolenda8990 nice to see!
@lukecage34852 жыл бұрын
It was the Roman Catholic Church, not Christians.
@rowanw13122 жыл бұрын
@@lukecage3485 what do you think Roman Catholics are? Buddhist?
@sethgross523 жыл бұрын
Jon Solo bringing back the mom jokes is priceless 😂
@trolletuva3 жыл бұрын
I think the costume is an Here and Werewolf. Very good video as always. Thanks.
@kirbymarchbarcena3 жыл бұрын
JACK-O-LANTERN: Heaven and Hell denied my soul asylum DC COMIC'S LOBO: What a coincidence!
@michaelwhitmire90153 жыл бұрын
It would be interesting if lobos real name was jack or it was his alias.
@nikellelizabeth3 жыл бұрын
Christians literally adopted every single holiday they have from pagans, 😅 told pagans they were evil and wrong, and copied all their homework and changed the name and burned them at the stake 🥴
@stephanieden43 жыл бұрын
That about sums it up doesn’t it?
@laoch56583 жыл бұрын
halloween is an irish pagan tradition..nice try though
@GuideStoneActual3 жыл бұрын
@@laoch5658 you're trying to disagree with someone you are agreeing with?
@nikellelizabeth3 жыл бұрын
@@GuideStoneActual literally 😅
@marijavicic30103 жыл бұрын
@@laoch5658 Halloween is just as pagan as Christmas and Easter. All of them came from other religions.
@kellysueballard76543 жыл бұрын
Throwing out something I heard as a kid: the turnip jack o'lanterns light, if you use it to light your path (a lantern) on Halloween, will show you if the person you meet is someone dressed up or an actual spirit.
@diamondsrubies19643 жыл бұрын
Cool! 😄
@BlueJay23 жыл бұрын
The flash lightning did make me jump, because I'd glanced away from the screen right before it happened XD
@persephone.3333 жыл бұрын
Congratulations! You are officially a part of my homeschool curriculum. Your videos are so thorough and well researched. I am so grateful there are still people who not only enjoy literature but feel compelled to research our very origins. Keep on keepin on guy💕
@loki22403 жыл бұрын
I had my oldest watch Jon's Pocahontas video last year as a 3rd grader. He had to watch the Disney movie for school, and that made me ill. So, I showed him Jon's video for some context (and reality).
@wendychavez53483 жыл бұрын
I want to be your student!
@ladyofnoxus67333 жыл бұрын
@@loki2240 the Disney movie isn't bad. It's just not historically accurate at all lol 😂
@psychokinrazalon Жыл бұрын
@@loki2240 That’s beyond concerning if that sanitized garbage is being shown in schools.
@marvelismylife94611 ай бұрын
@@psychokinrazalonpersonally I wouldn’t think it’s an issue unless they were showing it as historical representation, like they’re 8/9 year olds watching a popular Disney movie but I guess I’m Irish do I don’t have the perspective of being from the states and the kids probably don’t know that the events were very loosely based on real events
@kilam49713 жыл бұрын
You know how much of a savage you gotta be to have the devil begging for mercy
@erictaylor54623 жыл бұрын
I have seen Wil-O-the wisp. They are quite pretty actually.
@istoleyourlatte3 жыл бұрын
Gosh, Jack the Pumpkin King’s personality (in The Nightmare Before Christmas), makes so much sense now! He feels lost because he is stuck and lost, not in heaven nor hell.
@EdiHooks05193 жыл бұрын
Ah, yes! The veils are thinning! Traveling spirits just passing through, tricks for the naughty and treats for the sweet! May these cute pumpkins bring me abundance and prosperity!🎃❤💫
@darkwolf4533 жыл бұрын
I know the version where Jack carves a cross into the wood of the tree, to keep the devil trapped.
@JonSolo3 жыл бұрын
that sounds way more practical than surrounding it with crosses!
@jamieyoung92063 жыл бұрын
@@JonSolo spoopy recommendations: messed up origins of wicked witches, messed up origins of Halloween, messed up origins of trick or treating, and messed up origins of exorcisms
@darkwolf4533 жыл бұрын
@@jamieyoung9206 Oh trick or treat is easy! They used to put plates with special Samhain foods in front of the closed front doors, so that the roaming spirits from the other world would eat these foods and not the people inside their homes! Today the dressed up children represent the spirits and the people giving them candy is so that they don't do a "trick" on them, aka so they don't get eaten by the spirits. I love Samhain, it used to be a holiday where people would speak with their departed loved ones, since the two worlds touched each other at night and the dead could hear their family membera talking to them. It was more of a "remembering those before you" and "asking for advice" holiday that the modernised stuff today. I still celebrate it in the old way.
@Maria-dm7qo3 жыл бұрын
Wow that was something else good job I'm hoping that you're going to do the next messed up Origins Halloween theme about hocus-pocus based on the Disney's 90s movies or Tim Burton the Nightmare Before Christmas .
@mistyfricke95793 жыл бұрын
Man this was amazing Jon. My favorite channel on KZbin by far!
@shanestevens53523 жыл бұрын
Satan: “Upholding deal is kinda my thing.” Also Satan: literally called the Father of the Lie
@oceanberserker2 жыл бұрын
So every lawyer ever then?
@wendychavez53483 жыл бұрын
I fell in love with pumpkin stew when my friend's mom in New Zealand served it to me. I've developed my own recipe (naturally with a New Mexico twist) but it's basically the same. When I asked what was for dinner and she said pumpkin stew, I hesitated cuz it didn't sound nearly as good as it smelled, but I was hooked after a single spoonful!
@DamonNomad823 жыл бұрын
My sister makes pumpkin cakes. The recipe is quite simple: one can of pumpkin and one box of spice cake mix. The results are surprisingly good.
@pinkbrando Жыл бұрын
I would love to try this if you're ever willing to share a base recipe!
@wendychavez5348 Жыл бұрын
@@pinkbrando it's pretty basic. Fill a stock pot about halfway with water, add diced beef, chicken, or whatever meat you choose (skip if you don't eat meat), chunks of pumpkin (if you cut out the stem & fill it with water before baking it, the seeds will separate & be easy to remove, and you can just peel off the outer rim. This water can be added to the stew so you use as much of the oumpkin as possible--if you have the energy to shell these or other pumpkin seeds for the soup, its a great addition), diced tomatoes, celery, carrots, broccoli, whatever vegetables you wish. I include some green chile (uncooked, chopped very fine, I include the seeds though its less spicy if you remove them) because New Mexicans know green chile makes everything better. I also use fresh garlic, though powdered or granulated garlic is just as good. Parsley, salt, pepper, cilantro, basil, sage, oregano, rosemary, thyme, cumin, whatever spices you choose, to taste. Bring to a boil (I start with the meat, pumpkin, tomatoes, & spices over a medium flame add the other veggies as I get them chopped--they cook at different speeds so if texture is important the carrots should be last). When it's boiling, lower the flame/heat & let it simmer until you're ready to eat it--make sure to stir from time to time, & if it gets too thick it's probably time to take it off the stove . Not very exact, lots of room to play, adjust to suit yourself, & I hope you enjoy it!
@celticmelody75743 жыл бұрын
YAYY I ASKED FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS FOR SPOOPY SEASON!!
@philipholder56003 жыл бұрын
I LOVE anything pumpkin . Pies ,bread ,cake, drinks. It isn't groce.
@320_allstar3 жыл бұрын
That's a wee bit basic dontcha think Edit I'm just playing I love everything pumpkin as well
@loki22403 жыл бұрын
I generally agree. But the Pumpkin Jo-Jo's are one of the few things at Trader Joe's that I don't like.
@solus86852 жыл бұрын
Bro wtf is groce
@terminalsarcasm3 жыл бұрын
In one version Jack tricked the devil 3 times and in the second version he beat the crap out of the devil. I'm surprised the writers got away with that.
@wendychavez53483 жыл бұрын
Is Gunther an Ewok? or a gremlin? He's an adorable one, whatever he is!
@alicewilloughby43183 жыл бұрын
7:29 - Whoever carved this was talented! (and understood the concept of scary!) 10:07 - Did you just say, "... pull their face out of their butts"???
@Gargoyle90003 жыл бұрын
My old history teacher told my class a version of the story where it was straight to the tree part and instead Jack carved a single cross on the trunk rather than surround it.
@christopherwilson37543 жыл бұрын
Great video as always. Oh, and mom says "Hello".
@josephcarvil94743 жыл бұрын
Can you talk about Geryon form Greek Mythology next! 🙃
@thehighninjahiddeninthetra30753 жыл бұрын
You should do the Headless Rider next
@JonSolo3 жыл бұрын
I've done the Legend of Sleepy Hollow before and discuss the headless horseman/dullahan in that episode :)
@dafttool3 жыл бұрын
Who doesn’t have a favorite flail? It’s how I spend most weekends. 🤫
@alicewilloughby43183 жыл бұрын
Remind me to stay away from you on the weekends, dafttool!
@dafttool3 жыл бұрын
@@alicewilloughby4318 No need. I’m my own repellent.
@JonSolo3 жыл бұрын
ಠ_ಠ
@wendychavez53483 жыл бұрын
My partner has one also, though he doesn't use it much anymore. Apparently I've helped him feel stable enough to ... oh, PG13? Shutting up now.
@LetsNerdOut3 жыл бұрын
I love the story of Jack, I tell it every year to kids that come trick or treating
@georgetrevino35323 жыл бұрын
This is why kids need to understand history, the Columbia Exchange many years later led to the popularity of pumpkins in western Europe. Many people live daily without understanding the orgins of our favorite folklore.
@annaroselarsen42183 жыл бұрын
The chair and tool box part sounds like my dad but without the beating part because every dad have a favorite chair
@g0yboy4343 жыл бұрын
Bro, you should do videos on the origin and meanings of names. Seems like Jake is very popular in folk tales and fairy tails.
@wendychavez53483 жыл бұрын
I vote that Jon Solo collaborate with Name Explain for that!
@_its.stephanie.rose_3 жыл бұрын
(5:53-6:00) Also known as ~in Japanese folklore~ Kodama, tree spirits, often known to create echoes in forests.
@satanswife25463 жыл бұрын
Also well known as guǐ huǒ in Chinese folklore, swamp, deep woods spirits
@Sean-rv5yp3 жыл бұрын
Hey Jon, I'm a kid from South Africa and I was wondering if you could do a story based off of the tokoloshi
@DarknetDude3 жыл бұрын
This reminds me of that Halloween special for The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy. It's very fitting that Jack was a trickster that tricked death itself.
@Vixin243 жыл бұрын
Cool! I never heard the origin story but fun fact, growing up in Ireland we would actually carve turnips instead of pumpkins. It was only in the last decade or so that pumpkins became more mainstream. My mum said they always used turnips when she was a kid too so the tradition carried on in Ireland even though the Irish immigrants to America switched to pumpkins. Although turnips are way more difficult to carve! They are much harder and denser than pumpkins so I remember being really happy when we swapped over to pumpkins haha
@targetdreamer2573 жыл бұрын
There was this one time I went to a Halloween party and got volunttold to make the Jack o' Lanterns. Later that night we had the cop called on us because all of them were to scary or tow gruesome. We had to remove them. Good times!
@tristandawson34153 жыл бұрын
Omg I remember this story I love it for some reason You gotta respect someone who out smarted the devil
@whiteeye3453 Жыл бұрын
And beat the living shit out of him
@bluesentinelavoch44402 жыл бұрын
Been dabbing and watching your videos for a year now love it man
@jessicaclakley36913 жыл бұрын
Whoo, give me that spooky season content I crave oh messed up origins lord
@Shottii9783 жыл бұрын
I been watching for 4 years now, and I have to say this one have to b my most favorite messed up origins episode... thx jon solo...
@eacalvert3 жыл бұрын
I want to point out that it was common practice to use a carved turnip as lantern by those other than the wealthy as lanterns were expensive back then
@CuriousBready3 жыл бұрын
I love how Jon manages to roast a KZbinr in almost all of his videos lol
@ladykoiwolfe3 жыл бұрын
This got me excited. I love Halloween and know the tale of Stingy Jack. I love that you're covering Jack o'Lanterns.
@thedecafe12 жыл бұрын
Lol 😂
@Chuckles_the_Jester3 жыл бұрын
i recognized storied's monstrum animation style!!
@Angelicwings13 жыл бұрын
In Irish tradition it was the turnips. That’s what I came to understand. Sadly I’m stuck in Australia. I petition for Christmas and Halloween stuff to take place at appropriate pagan times here. It’s no fun wearing Halloween costumes in spring
@joaks91782 жыл бұрын
I researched this about five years ago, you covered it well.
@VONMEEK3 жыл бұрын
Celtic…. Ireland and Scotland both did this
@main9087 Жыл бұрын
Irish culture is very unique and full of amazing characters and traditions. Thank you for Halloween.
@PixiePrincess5013 жыл бұрын
I'm only listening while painting, and the one time I look up at the video, JUMP SCARE!!! (The evil turnip face took me by surprise lmao)
@Chuckles_the_Jester3 жыл бұрын
i don't know the exact origin of it, but i have seen one version where after the final trick, the devil didn't leave empy handed, taking jack's head and jack used the turnip lantern as his replacement head (would possible explain why a jack o lantern is a face)
@shalu8223 жыл бұрын
I like this pne the best! 😈
@Chuckles_the_Jester3 жыл бұрын
@@shalu822 same
@ericacook28623 жыл бұрын
Two things. Jack, is Sisyphus. Think about it. He foolishly, and ineffectively tricks death. He leaves himself in an eternal trial, that will never be able to be accomplished. This is his punishment. Secondly, as a pagan I was taught that Jacqueline turns were first created, using turnips, as a way for Christians to mock the pagan belief in spirituality. During the time when the line between the living and the dead is that it's finest, Christians made fun of pagan values by putting out eerie spiritual looking entities around their homes to scare them. And then would bang at their doors demanding food and treats. And that was the origin of trick or treating.
@leoniaruby7018 Жыл бұрын
I loved this! The lore of Stingy Jack was so much fun to listen to. It makes me sad that Halloween has passed, the story of Stingy Jack and how he became The Jack-o-Lanterns would have been a great story to tell on Halloween night.
@raigrant680 Жыл бұрын
We always carved out lanterns out of turnips! The candle inside would start to roast the top and that is still the smell of Halloween to me! (North England 1970's)
@mariarezende37613 жыл бұрын
This channel fulfills my needs, history, crime and fantasy
@thepeternetwork3 жыл бұрын
Two things: 1) My family stopped the Jack-O-Lantern tradition of Halloween because we realized that after carving, the pumpkin had a half-life of 24-36 hours before becoming rotten. 2) I guess you can say that Jack "beat the devil out".
@thedecafe12 жыл бұрын
Lol 😂
@cardcaptormyoki73453 жыл бұрын
I laughed more than I shouldve at the 2nd version of Jacks story. Just the idea of him beating the shit out of demons and traumatizing the devil himself is hysterical
@americaroleplayer3 жыл бұрын
lmao I was just watching the playlist of Folklore explained while I carved my pumpkins yesterday! XD
@DamonNomad823 жыл бұрын
The fact that Jack-o'-Lanterns were originally carved from turnips explains an old British alternate name for them: "Turnip Ghost".
@ladyofnoxus67333 жыл бұрын
I love how the devil just straight up goes nope 🙅🏻 to jack lol 😆 just a big troll move.
@sceptrick25433 жыл бұрын
I always look forward for your Halloween episodes
@thedecafe12 жыл бұрын
Lol 😂
@danielclaw3 жыл бұрын
I always wanted to know what the origin of Jack-O-Lantern was and this is great to know!
@Spineless-Lobster3 жыл бұрын
I was wondering the origins of Jack O’ Lanterns, but I never bothered to look it up. I’m very happy to see you covering it!
@crimson51633 жыл бұрын
Can't believe I almost finished my day without looking at this 😩
@FyreTeGo3 жыл бұрын
I'm playing a few horror games myself for October, so along with the videos you're making it's gonna be perfect. Love ya Jon
@robertwilliams5703 жыл бұрын
So that’s where the grim adventures of billy and Mandy Halloween special came from
@lunamoonstone23503 жыл бұрын
loved the stories jon solo, could you do some on black cats or the history of trick or treating? thanks and have a good day
@danielclaw3 жыл бұрын
I enjoy Halloween! I made it a tradition to scare trick-or-treaters when they come round. How scary I be, I do it on a scale of 1 to 10. 1 being not so bad and 10 being haunted house level scary.
@allisonchristie52523 жыл бұрын
I'm from the north east of England with Irish and Scottish ancestry. We have always hollowed and carved turnips at Halloween. I let mine turnips dry out for a couple weeks, yeah they stink, but afterwards they look really great. Like little scary shrunken heads
@kandipiatkowski85892 жыл бұрын
Funny thing is.....pumpkins are carved into Jack o'lanterns, but pumpkin pie is made with squash.
@cesarquijano943 жыл бұрын
I actually remember a story similar to Stingey Jack from The Grimm Adventures of Billy and Mandy. There was a pumpkin headed ghost who pulled pranks on people so much that even Grimm had trouble getting him. He was eventually killed by a knight.
@thedecafe12 жыл бұрын
Lol 😂
@danimal4you3 жыл бұрын
Should’ve rephrased how “Will-o-the-Wisp” was a popular term, referenced in the movie Brave. Disney gets enough credit for taking ideas and fronting it as their own.
@jamesnightingale3653 жыл бұрын
As an Irish American, I'm proud of my dark history!😈
@hackman6693 жыл бұрын
So did the Irish pagans enjoy dressing up and begging for handout like modern times?
@FaeTae20143 жыл бұрын
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@donnacollins4023 жыл бұрын
I'm still amazed people are able to hollow out a turnip