Talk:Mischief Night

message: 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.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.76.27.95 (talk • contribs) 04:20, 5 November 2006 
:I agree - Devil's Night is a very real phenom in Detroit that has had serious and long lasting consequences for the city fabric, the architecture and the culture/morale. To call or associate it with "mischief" is ridiculous, as it involves very serious crimes.  littleone (talk) 00:44, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Re: The merging with Devils night 

message: 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)
replies: text: 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)
replies: text: 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)
replies: text: 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)
replies: text: 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)
replies: text:  We called it Devil's Night in Southern Maryland when I was a boy. 155.213.224.59 (talk) 13:11, 30 October 2014 (UTC)

text: 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)
replies: text: 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)
replies: text: 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)

text: I also grew up in Passaic County, Northern NJ in separate towns over the course of a decade at both ends of the county and it was always referred to as Goosey Night. I cannot confirm how far outside that area but I believe parts of Sussex County referred to it as Goosey Night as well.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.77.153.8 (talk) 00:17, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I've lived in Teterboro, in Bergen County, my entire life and in all of the surrounding towns, we knew it as Cabbage Night. As I got older and met people from other towns in Bergen County, such as Franklin Lakes, I frequently heard it referred to as Goosey Night. I spend much of my time now in Morris and Passaic County where they look at me funny if I refer to it as anything but Mischief Night. In my opinion, if one of the names is going to be recognized in the article, then all of them should be mentioned. JohnBWatt (talk) 08:23, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

text: For the benefit of anyone else with an "I live in X, and we call it Y" comment, the external links section has a dialect survey see here, so ou can check on your area. There's quite a lot of overlap, so whatever you know is probably right... Swanny18 (talk) 21:18, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

text: PS One thing that's interesting about the survey is that 70% of the people asked had no word at all for it...Swanny18 (talk) 21:22, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

text: I would like to chime in with another "I live in X and we call it Y" comment.  I grew up in N. KY in the 70s and 80s and everyone, EVERYONE, called it Cabbage Night.   I had never even heard of the term "Mischief Night" (or Goosey Night)until I searched wikipedia for "Cabbage night".  Why it was called Cabbage Night I don't know, as we usually soaped windows and threw toilet paper in trees, but Cabbage Night it was.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.141.152.197 (talk) 03:42, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

text: The outside link at the bottom of the page includes info. on "Goosey Night". A secondary source for this and similar terms is http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2013/10/its_a_jersey_thing_nj_only_state_to_call_tonight_mischief_night.html. "Goosey Night" also has an entry at Wiktionary, where it is sourced. (There are a few references on YouTube, but those count as primary sources. For the record, I grew up in Paterson and North Haledon calling it Goosey Night.) SeoMac (talk) 00:59, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  It's called Mischief Night in America 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Devil's Night 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Clean-up? 

message: The History section says "In Germany, Mischief Night still is celebrated the night before 1 May." As such this statement is not correct. The night is commonly known as Walpurgis Night. And while Mischief Night may have the same origin, today it certainly isn't the same.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.179.70.199 (talk) 13:43, 30 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mischief Night in Germany? 

message: The article says ""Mat Night" in Quebec (Unconfirmed, See "The Basketball Jones")" I have no idea what this Basketball Jones has to do with anything and there is no related link. However I grew up in an English speaking Community in Quebec near Montreal and we always called it Mat night because the classic prank was to steal a neighbor's door mat. I have no idea what the French Canadian equivalent is or what it is called in other part of Canada. In I didn't realize it had any other name.174.91.223.242 (talk) 00:41, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Quebec 

message: There is no history given.  when did this start?Kdammers (talk) 12:16, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I've added a paragraph from the Devil's Night page on this. Swanny18 (talk) 17:45, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
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message: You mention Corn Night, but not why it is called Corn Night in certain places.  I grew up in Red Wing, MN, where Corn Night is celebrated the night before Halloween.  Along with the other pranks mentioned (like TPing and soaping), the main activity of Corn Night was to throw dry corn kernels at the neighbors' windows.  I read somewhere, but have not been able to verify, that it comes from a tradition that on the night before All Hallow's Eve, throwing corn on the neighbors' doors scared off evil spirits. (unsigned comment)
::I grew up in Western PA and throwing corn at people's houses/windows was something we did all throughout raiding season (usually a week or so before Halloween). 2603:8001:2A00:7428:ADB7:6F24:6969:51CE (talk) 04:54, 3 December 2023 (UTC)
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