In her latest contribution, Dr. Schilling discusses the many different names we have for the night before Halloween. In my neighborhood, it was “Mischief Night,” but what about you?
Via Psychology Today…
“But while people may love these Halloween traditions, not everyone agrees on what to call the night of October 30, a night where pre-Halloween pranksters often come out.
“For many people, it’s ‘mischief night’; for others, its ‘cabbage night,’ ‘goosey night,’ ‘devil’s eve,’ ‘gate night,’ ‘moving night,’ ‘mat night,’ or ‘corn night.’ And then there are those who don’t have any word at all for Halloween eve and save their tricks for Halloween proper.
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