Annotations - William Dean Howells, "Turkeys Turning the Tables" (1892)

pumpkin jack-o'-lantern

A jack- o'-lantern is a lantern carved from a pumpkin into the shape of frightening faces. In the US, carved pumpkins such as these are displayed during Halloween festivities (on 31 October, a few weeks before Thanksgiving, when the story is told).

Note that in this narrative scene, dishes from the list of the Thanksgiving menu reappear.


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IMAGE CREDIT:​​​

Petr Kratochvil, “Jack-o-lantern Pumpkins.” Public Domain license.  CC0 Public Domain.