October 30th is Mischief Night #MischiefNight and Andreu is spending the night with Charlie this evening. I need to find a couple pranks to pull on them while there playing there games. To begin with I will make Ice for drinks and put Bugs in the Ice then make Popcorn and Candy and add Bugs to this snack. Would you like to come over to help me prank everyone?
Mischief Night is on October 30th and people are ready to play pranks on folks around us in a healthy way. Enjoy Mischief Night, have fun, and share a healthy laugh with everyone, even the subjects of your pranks. Entertain your neighborhood with silly, funny, and innocent pranks, strictly for laughs.
Mischief Night, is an informal holiday, celebrated by kids and teenagers in many parts of the United States, Canada, and the U.K. The night before Halloween, children play harmless pranks on neighbors or family members.
Steeped in folk tradition, the origins of Mischief Night are unclear but a legend has it that Mischief Day started in England in the 1700s where kids used to play pranks on people a night before May Day. The earliest known reference to ‘Mischief Night’ was recorded in 1790 when a school play, which concluded with an ode to fun, mentioned Mischief Night in glowing terms.
An amusing thing about Mischief Night is the many names it is known by in various parts of the world. In Vermont and New Hampshire, it is traditionally called ‘Cabbage Night’ as, on this night, people would throw Cabbages at each other’s homes as a prank. In Detroit and its adjoining areas, it’s infamously known as Devil’s Night. Some communities call it ‘Devil’s Eve’ or ‘Goosey Night.’ However, Mischief Night is known as ‘Mischief Night’ in most locations in the United States.
Mischief Night started as a fun activity for kids and teenagers engaging in pranks and harmless practical jokes, but Mischief Night came to be associated with severe vandalism and even arson in some places. This brought Mischief Day into disrepute, and soon, grown-ups started dreading Mischief Day as society started downplaying or even disowning Mischief Day. Despite the mixed feelings about Mischief Night, it offers grown-ups an opportunity to bond with their young ones.
Pranks for Mischief Night
- Take the opportunity today to prepare delicious-looking homemade Cookies and add Salt instead of Sugar. Package them in attractive tins and send the Cookies to your neighbors, saying that you won a prize for the recipe in a cookery contest. Watch the epic expressions on their faces when they taste a bite of the Salted Cookies. Don’t forget to capture there expressions on your smartphone!
- Tape the sensor of your neighbor’s TV remote with a thin piece of transparent tape. Stick a similar one on the TV sensor. Then, just sit back and watch them struggle to turn on their favorite shows, change the batteries, and finally give up in exasperation.
- This prank will light up the faces of the old couple who live down the road. Visit them on some pretext and leave the front door ajar. While you have their attention, have a friend create a ruckus by placing pillows on the top of the door. Your ‘victims’ would open the door to check the scene outside and end up with pillows on their heads.
Times Mischief Night Was Used In Popular Culture
- If you have the opportunity today you should take the opportunity to watch “The Crow” in the 1994 film, as a Ghost, the protagonist exacts revenge on Devil’s Night for his and his fiancé’s murder precisely a year earlier.
- “Rocket Power” a animated series made for American television, has a episode titled “The Night Before” which explores the joys of Mischief Night.
- Did you know Richard Schenkman directed a horror movie titled “Mischief Night”.
- “Orange Is the New Black” throughout episode five of season six of this American comedy-drama television series, where the main characters are subjected to pranks on Mischief Night.
- “Mischief Night is a pivotal occurrence in episode four of season one of “Are You Afraid of the Dark?a horror anthology series aired on Nickelodeon.
Why People Love Mischief Night
- If done harmlessly, a prank can bring a smile to everybody’s face and on Mischief Night, we can get away with a prank or two without offending anyone.
- Since the next day is Halloween, Mischief Night is the best time to get into a spooky mood because is that time of the year when we can let our hair down a bit and indulge in some harmless fun.
- Take the opportunity today to play a prank on that relative with whom you have fallen out and see the Ice thaw. If you were wondering how to mend bridges with someone, play an innocent and funny prank, and see the grudge disappear behind a good laugh. Perhaps you could achieve something more with your simple gesture than you could with an intense discussion.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
