The Jack O’Lantern originated from an Irish myth. In the myth a man named Stringy Jack tricked the Devil to turn into a coin to pay for their drinks but then placed him near a silver cross in his pocket where he couldn’t turn back into the Devil. Stringy Jack then freed the Devil as…
The cultivation of watermelon dates back over 5000 years. A yough, drought-tolerant ancestor of watermelon thrived in southern Africa where it was prized for its ability to store water by the indigenous people of the Kalahari Desert region. Traces of watermelon and its seeds have been discovered on sites of the 12th Egyptian Dynasty and paintings have been…