Talk:Mischief Night

A fact from this article was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the On this day section on October 30, 2008.

article claimed to be a north east USA thing, but i know that we have it here in liverpool, england. not sure where else in the UK has it, though... but i just removed the location from the article. i love mia lancaster —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.85.179.37 (talk) 22:27, 26 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Re: The merging with Devils night. I say no. The Devils Night article focuses on the Detroit incidences of arson, the Mischief Night article is about the ‘holiday’ itself. Two pages are needed, though renaming the Devil's Night article to “Devil’s night arson” might be a good call.

Its celebrated in Yorkshire and other places in Britain on Nov. 4th - because that is the day that Guy Falkes and the other gun powder plotters were causing mischief- i.e laying the powder underneath the houses of parliament.

I'm really confused by this article now. Originally, it seemed to be describing an event in North America; now it's mostly about Britain. I'd never heard of it in Britain before 10 years ago, and thought it was an import from the US, like the rest of Halloween; this suggests its a long-held tradition. It also seems like a veiled form of anti-social behaviour, and this suggests it's just a bit of fun. And what day are we talking about, the day before Halloween, or the day before Bonfire Night? Can anyone shed any light on this? Swanny 13 Nov 2006

the article states its a recent thing in places such as liverpool and ireland, but how do you know this? also swanny it is the day before halloween.

Mischief Night is celebrated in the UK on November the 4th. It is completely different to Devils Night Jonnimont 21:34, 26 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This illustrates my point; Jonnimont reckons the night is 4th November, Unsigned says its 30th October. It would help to know where you are writing from, as my experience is it's pretty localized. I'm writing from Liverpool, where it's about 10 years old, and on the 30th. I've not come across it anywhere else; they don't even have it in St Helens, 10 miles up the road. The link to BBC Yorkshire suggests it's older there, and is on the 4th, but even there I'm wondering how widespread it is; people there I've spoken to haven't heard of it. So I'm suggesting this needs clarifying; any other suggestions? Swanny 9 Dec 2006

reply to swanny on dec 9 2006 i'm from liverpool myself. here it's the night before halloween for definite. all the kids go around causing mischief of varying degrees depending on how bold the group of kids are or the particular estate you're on at the time. i've been aware of it for about 10 years as well, and even participated in my younger years, but this year my area was quiet with a notable increase in police presence. - unsigned 19th december 2006

It's called Mischief Night in America

I never heard of cabbage night or goosey night in my life, and I live in NJ 64.236.245.243 21:22, 16 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I live in NJ and I've always heard it called Mischief Night as well. I believe it has to do with regional dialects.--Jersey Devil 00:59, 28 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It is definitely not "goosey night," that is absurd. I live in NJ, I've never even heard that mentioned.69.249.86.5 (talk) 20:54, 30 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, to add to the "I'm from X and we call it Y" entries, I live in Vermont and it's always been called "cabbage night" around here for as long as I can remember. --rsgdodge (talk) 22:19, 30 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding NJ anyway, I think the way it is now is pretty accurate: "In northern New Jersey and the Philadelphia region, October 30 is referred to as Mischief Night,.....particularly Passaic County, October 30 is also known as Cabbage Night or Goosey Night." ...Where I am from in Essex County, we say Mischief Night, but I went to William Paterson Univ, and got to meet lots of people from around the state, and some Bergen and Passaic people definitely do call it Goosey or Cabbage night. Spettro9 (talk) 01:18, 24 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm from Liverpool in England and I know of it occuring on the 30th. Never heard of some of the things it suggests are done in England (T.P-ing and placing bologna on cars!?) I think these are American tricks but I have never seen them in Liverpool before. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.133.60.27 (talk) 11:20, 6 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

My mom claims that when she was a kid (in Brooklyn and Rosedale, Queens) people went trick-or-treating with the "trick" being to take a chalk and mark the sidewalk (or was it door?) in front of people's houses with silly drawings, etc. (The "trick" occurred if the treat wasn't given to the kid). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.36.214.143 (talk) 15:06, 31 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

in worksop england where i live its know as Mischievous night —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kazuya1337 (talk • contribs) 16:38, 10 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Goosey Night is common in Northeastern New Jersey from what I remember growing up there. Nobody ever said "Mischief Night", but it was probably from town to town ... which is an interesting phenomenon I guess considering how small the area is. I think it's interesting that Goosey Night is used in England. I have no idea how it ended up here ... though I guess there's that whole colony thing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.81.124.213 (talk) 02:17, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Here in North Yorkshire, I grew up with Mischief Night being on 4th November, however, my husband `grew up closer to Middlesbrough and it was/is on the 30th October. So it must be a localised thing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mrstiz (talk • contribs) 06:57, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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hello i lyk ur webpage very wel it has tld me lots n lots n lots n lots about mischief night. I would love to try out the information about the tricks yu cn do with kandoo. Me n my friend eya r havin a interesting tym lukin at ur page. full stop we was unaware that mischief night wa on d sme nyt as halloween. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.70.253.205 (talk) 08:52, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Can we delete comments on the Talk page? This stuff just takes up space and isn't even supposed to be here.69.198.39.26 (talk) 14:46, 30 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Devil's Night

Since roughly 1998, the Detroit Police Department and various Neighbourhood Watch groups have teamed up to do night patrols of citizens and police, watching out for people setting abandoned houses on fire, to reduce crime and take back their neighoubourhoods from senseless violence and crime, calling it "Angels' Night" and it has grown every year since. perhaps this should be mtnioned in the main article? It's not just a metro detroit thing: people in Toronto, Windsor, London, Flint, Lansing, Toledo, and Cleveland do it, too. I'm very sure baltimore and the Northeast Corridor cities do it as well. RingtailedFox • Talk • Contribs 23:47, 30 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Clean-Up?

is it just me or is this page in need of a little grammar & other edits? how do you "bar rub soap.." on car windows? I know you can "RUB A BAR OF SOAP," or even "RUB A SOAP BAR..." but not whatever is written in this article-- and that is really only one example.

--162.80.36.13 (talk) 18:13, 30 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]