Editing Jack-o'-lantern (section)

==Etymology==
[[File:Rack of pumpkins, Keene NH.jpg|thumbnail|left|An assortment of carved pumpkins.]]

The term ''jack-o'-lantern'' was originally used to describe the visual [[phenomenon]] ''ignis fatuus'' (lit., "foolish fire") known as a [[will-o'-the-wisp]] in [[English folklore]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dixon |first=J. M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T_9LAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22jack+o+lantern%22&pg=PA174 |title=Dictionary of Idiomatic Phrases... |date=1891 |publisher=T. Nelson & Company |pages=174 |language=en}}</ref> Used especially in [[East of England|East England]], its earliest known use dates to the 1660s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/Jack-o'-lantern#etymonline_v_1626|title=Jack o'lantern (n.)|last=Harper|first=Douglas|work=Online Etymology Dictionary|access-date=9 May 2013}}</ref> The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' (''OED'') records use of the term in Britain from 1658 in reference to ''ignis fatuus'', and from 1663 to 1704 in reference to a man with a lantern or to a night watchman. The ''OED'' gives 1837 as the earliest date for when the term was used to refer to a lantern carved from a turnip or pumpkin.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jack-o'-lantern, n. meanings, etymology and more |url=https://www.oed.com/dictionary/jack-o-lantern_n?tab=meaning_and_use |access-date=2023-08-14 |website=Oxford English Dictionary}}</ref> 
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