Mischief Night is an informal holiday on which children and teenagers engage in pranks. It is known by a variety of names including Devil’s Night, Gate Night, Goosey Night, Moving Night, Cabbage Night and Mat Night. dates varying in different areas, some marking it on 30 October, the night before Halloween, others on 4 November.
About Mischief Night in brief
Mischief Night is an informal holiday on which children and teenagers engage in pranks and vandalism. It is known by a variety of names including Devil’s Night, Gate Night, Goosey Night, Moving Night, Cabbage Night and Mat Night. In some regions in England, these pranks were originally carried out as part of the May Day celebrations, but shifted to later in the year. dates varying in different areas, some marking it on 30 October, the night before Halloween, others on 4 November, the day before Bonfire Night. Mischief Night tends to include popular tricks such as toilet papering yards and powderbombing cars, people using soap to write on yards, setting off fireworks, and smashing pumpkins and jack-o’-lanterns.
Occasionally, damage can escalate to include the prank of spray-painting of buildings and homes. In recent years, unruly participants have included a series of unruly parade-like riots in New Orleans. In Yorkshire, it is extremely popular among 13-year-olds, as they believe it to be a sort of \”coming of age ceremony\”. In and around the city of Liverpool, Mischief night is known locally as ‘Mizzy Night’ and trouble spots were being tackled by the Merseyside Police in 2015.
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