Unpaved woods road may be gated at
times. If you find it gated, enjoy the short walk. Used two
Garmins(60CSx) to average coords. Depending on your vehicle, you
may want to walk.
The Irish brought the tradition of the Jack O'Lantern to America.
But, the original Jack O'Lantern was not a pumpkin. The Jack
O'Lantern legend goes back hundreds of years in Irish History. As
the story goes, Stingy Jack was a miserable, old drunk who liked to
play tricks on everyone: family, friends, his mother and even the
Devil himself. One day, he tricked the Devil into climbing up an
apple tree. Once the Devil climbed up the apple tree, Stingy Jack
hurriedly placed crosses around the trunk of the tree. The Devil
was then unable to get down the tree. Stingy Jack made the Devil
promise him not to take his soul when he died. Once the devil
promised not to take his soul, Stingy Jack removed the crosses and
let the Devil down.
Many years later, when Jack finally
died, he went to the pearly gates of Heaven and was told by Saint
Peter that he was too mean and too cruel, and had led a miserable
and worthless life on earth. He was not allowed to enter heaven. He
then went down to Hell and the Devil. The Devil kept his promise
and would not allow him to enter Hell. Now Jack was scared and had
nowhere to go but to wander about forever in the darkness between
heaven and hell. He asked the Devil how he could leave as there was
no light. The Devil tossed him an ember from the flames of Hell to
help him light his way. Jack placed the ember in a hollowed out
Turnip, one of his favorite foods which he always carried around
with him whenever he could steal one. For that day onward, Stingy
Jack roamed the earth without a resting place, lighting his way as
he went with his "Jack O'Lantern".
On all Hallow's eve, the Irish
hollowed out Turnips, rutabagas, gourds, potatoes and beets. They
placed a light in them to ward off evil spirits and keep Stingy
Jack away. These were the original Jack O'Lanterns. In the 1800's a
couple of waves of Irish immigrants came to America. The Irish
immigrants quickly discovered that Pumpkins were bigger and easier
to carve out. So they used pumpkins for Jack O'Lanterns.