Night before Halloween

[Laurence Horn]

At 6:27 AM -0800 10/31/02, Ed Keer wrote:
>I'm curious to hear what the night before Halloween is
>called in your neck of the woods. I grew up in SE
>Pennsylvania and we called it "mischief night". My
>wife, from Bergen county, NJ, calls it "goosie night".
>I've also heard "hell night" and "cabbage night"
>(again, North Jersey).  Any others?
>
>Ed
>
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"Devil's night" around Detroit, if I'm not mistaken.  And there's a
history that goes with it--a lot more than mischief is involved,
unless you're using the much earlier and stronger meaning of the word.

Larry