Ariko icyo gihe, umuco wa jack-o'-amatara wari umaze gushinga imizi mu Isi Nshya, ugaragara mubuvanganzo n’ibitangazamakuru byo muri Amerika bya mbere. Umwanditsi Nathaniel Hawthorne yavuze imwe mu nkuru ye ngufi 1835 yise “The Carbuncle,” na none mu 1852 hamwe na “Feathertop,” ivuga ku gitinyiro gifite umutwe w’ibihwagari. Ku bwa Cindy Ott, umwanditsi waIgihaza: Amateka Amatsiko y'Igishushanyo cy'Abanyamerika,ishusho yambere yikigina jack-o'-itara rishobora kuba ari imwe yagaragaye mu nomero ya 1867 yaHarper's Weekly.Umusore Igipupe Cyigitsina

Igitabo cyitwa “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” cya Washington Irving, cyasohotse bwa mbere mu 1820 kandi cyongera gusohoka mu 1858, cyatumije igihaza mu muco w'Abanyamerika nka mbere. Mu ndunduro yinkuru ngufi, Umutware utagira Umutware atobora igihaza kitarondoye kuri Ichabod Crane, utazongera kuboneka ukundi. Ariko amashusho menshi yumugome uteye ubwoba amugaragaza afite jack-o'-itara ryaka, ryafashaga inkuru kuba Halloween ikunzwe cyane.Ibipupe byigitsina bya Hentai

Umuyobozi mukuru wa The Historical Society of Sleepy Hollow na Tarrytown, Sara Mascia agira ati: “Uyu mugani ufatwa nk'inkuru ya Halloween, birashoboka ko ari imwe mu nkuru za mbere zizwi ku rwego mpuzamahanga zizwi cyane.” Ati: "Igihaza cyahujwe nicyo kintu cyubwoba, niyo mpamvu hasohoka jack-o'-itara, kuko riri hamwe na Hessian [umusirikare] wiruka, Umutware utagira Umutware, icyo ushaka kumwita."

Mu kinyejana cya 19 no mu ntangiriro z'ikinyejana cya 20, urujya n'uruza rw'abimukira bo muri Irilande, bazanye imigenzo n'imigani yabo, na byo byafashije mu gutegura inkuru ya jack-o'-amatara muri Amerika. Bavumbuye ko ibihaza, bitari kavukire muri Irilande ariko bikunze kugaragara muri Amerika ya Ruguru, byari byiza cyane kubaza kuruta ibishishwa cyangwa ibirayi.

Mugihe Abanyamerika benshi batangiye kwizihiza umunsi mukuru wa Halloween, jack-o-itara ryagaragaye nkigishusho cyacyo cyane. Isubiramo muriItegeko Nshinga rya Atlantayasobanuye ibirori bya 1892 “All Halloween” mu rugo rw'umuyobozi w'akarere ka Atlanta, William Hemphill mu magambo meza cyane: “Nta na rimwe mu mateka ya sosiyete ya Atlanta hatanzwe imyidagaduro idasanzwe kandi nziza,” hamwe n'imitako yerekana “amatara yose amwenyura yakozwe mu ibinyamisogwe, ubigiranye ubuhanga mu maso. "Igipupe cy'Igitsina cya Irontech

Amashu abajwe yaje gukora cyane kuruta gushushanya gusa. Nubwo akenshi basa nubwoba, jack-o'-amatara ubu ashushanya ikaze ryabaturage. Ott agira ati: “Kuri Halloween, ntuzamuka mu rugo rw'umuntu keretse afite jack-o-itara.” Ati: “Ni ugushimangira umuryango, kwerekana indangagaciro nziza, abaturanyi. Igihaza na jack-o'-itara bifata ibyo bisobanuro. ”