Cabbage Night

English Mischief Night Etymology Perhaps from the use of rotten cabbages in pranks on this night. Perhaps because some towns used to pile all the left-over cabbage from the fields and light a bonfire on the night before Halloween. Proper noun s Cabbage Night en around _ New York City Northern New Jersey Connecticut Rhode Island Massachusetts and especially upstate New York and Vermont A particular night, commonly the night of the 30th to the 31st of October, during which young people play pranks and do mischief in their neighborhoods. Synonyms see list in en Mischief Night References The Dialect Survey