The Irish are the reason we have the Jack-o-Lantern (or Jack O’Lantern depending on who you are).  Let me tell you a story. Stingy Jack was a horrid, miserable, old drunk who liked to play tricks on everyone (including his own mother).  One day, he had the bad fortune of running into the Devil in a pub and inviting him to have a drink with him.  Well, true to his name, Stingy Jack didn’t want to pay a single penny for those drinks and true to his character, he managed to talk the Devil into turning himself into a coin so that Jack could buy their drinks.  Rather than buying…