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Do you want to know the tale of Stingy Jack, which is the origin of the hollowed-out pumpkins? Here it is: Jack o' the lantern

If you prefer a more rigorous historical account, here's the true history of Halloween

For those who are interested in the Celtic culture of Ireland, here is the Irish version of Jack's legend (but remember that grammar is something you can play with in Irish tales): Jack o' the turnip

And now for something completely different: do you know the rule-of-three? Well, you can exercise your logical powers here with some Halloween analogies

To end with a smile: some Halloween jokes. The best one is in the comments section: see Surjendu Ghanty's story posted on October 26th, 2012; if you can't find it, just click on the image below (which comes from that page).




You can also look up some more sites yourself. These are two good places to start (all the information above comes from these links):

• Kate's Halloween page, a very complete web site about everything related to the holiday, history, games, decorations, etc.
  
  
• Haunted Halloween Castle, a spectacular page where you will find lots of information and impressive graphics (the bloody paragraph separators in this page were "borrowed" from that page).

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