3. E VERY O CTOBER, CARVED PUMPKINS PEER OUT FROM PORCHES AND DOORSTEPS IN THE U NITED S TATES AND OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD. G OURD - LIKE ORANGE FRUITS INSCRIBED WITH GHOULISH FACES AND ILLUMINATED BY CANDLES ARE A SURE SIGN OF THE H ALLOWEEN SEASON. T HE PRACTICE OF DECORATING “ JACK - O ’- LANTERNS ”— THE NAME COMES FROM AN I RISH FOLKTALE ABOUT A MAN NAMED S TINGY J ACK — ORIGINATED IN I RELAND, WHERE LARGE TURNIPS AND POTATOES SERVED AS AN EARLY CANVAS. I RISH IMMIGRANTS BROUGHT THE TRADITION TO A MERICA, HOME OF THE PUMPKIN, AND IT BECAME AN INTEGRAL PART OF H ALLOWEEN FESTIVITIES.

6. C HILDREAN COME FROM DOOR TO DOOR TO TAKE CANDIES AND IF YOU DON ' T GIVE THEM, THEY WILL THROW WITH EGGS AT YOUR HOME.