The Night Before Halloween

"Jonee" (Jonee) 10/24/2013 at 16:51 • Filed to: Not car related

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When I was a kid in north Jersey, we called the night before Halloween "Cabbage Night." I don't know why and since I was a kid, I never realized it was a regional thing until we moved away and I began to hear "Mischief Night." Now, another New Jerseyan told me he used to call it "Goose" or even "Goosey Night" which is even sillier than Cabbage Night. Anyone else have a weird name for the night of toilet paper and shaving cream?

McLarry > Jonee 10/24/2013 at 16:53

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Never heard it called 'cabbage night' until last week's Last Man Standing episode...

Dukie - Jalopnik Emergency Management Asshole > Jonee 10/24/2013 at 16:57

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We called it Devil's Night in Detroit. See my vintage 1985 T-shirt.

And before anyone asks, this is what all that stuff turned into:

Gamecat235 > Dukie - Jalopnik Emergency Management Asshole 10/24/2013 at 17:20

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I just figured it was standard Emergency Response equipment. =P

ttyymmnn > Jonee 10/24/2013 at 17:50

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In the Chicago suburbs, we called it Hell Night, similar to Dukie's Devil's Night. Basically a night for hell raising and general mischief. It always seemed to be more of a northern Midwest thing. There's nothing like it in Austin, afaik.