01-11-2018, 12:46 AM
12
Re: Mischievous Night
Originally Posted by Uncle Joe
->
Must be a regional thing darlin', 'cos nothing like that down this way.
Mischief night is known in Yorkshire as "Mischievous Night", or the shortened "'Chievous Night" "Miggy Night", "Tick-Tack Night", "Corn Night", "Trick Night" or "Micky Night" and is celebrated across the north of England on November 4 the night before Bonfire Night.[8] In some areas of Yorkshire, it is extremely popular among thirteen-year-olds as they believe it to be a sort of "coming of age ceremony".[9]
Never heard of it as coming of age though!
01-11-2018, 02:08 AM
13
Re: Mischievous Night
Originally Posted by Cheshire Cat
->
When I was growing up in Yorkshire, Halloween didn’t exist. However I do remember Mischievous Night which was always 4th November, the night before Bonfire Night. I don’t ever remember being allowed to go out to take part though.I don’t think it was a Yorkshire thing as my hubby remembers it too and he’s from Cheshire.
Do you remember it and what mischief did you get up to?
Originally Posted by Silver Tabby
->
I remember it - my brother and I were in deep trouble for tying peoples door knobs together then knocking at the doors and running away!
Originally Posted by basser
->
On bonfire night I used to go out with a bunch of lads and throw bangers through windows of derelict building and watch them catch on fire,yes I was a bad boy.But no one ever got hurt promise.
Inevitably, there were many "accidents" .....
01-11-2018, 02:35 AM
14
Re: Mischievous Night
never heard of 'mischievous night' before where i lived down in the southwest,we were mischievous for at least a month before Bonfire night,
our gang would build a Bonfire with all the rubbish we could lay our hands on and all the people in the area would throw out all their rubbish like old beds furniture old clothes etc etc, sometimes the bonfires would get to big for safety sake and the council would arrive in lorries on the day and take our bonfire away much to the annoyance of all those that had put it together..GRHH
01-11-2018, 05:59 AM
15
Re: Mischievous Night
Originally Posted by Lion Queen
->
oh yeah, I'm a Yorkshire lass and we were buggers on mischievous night. We used to tie one end of string to the door knob and the other end of string to the dustbin lid then we'd knock and run away, when they came to open the door it made the dustbin lid clatter really loud (in those days the bins were metal) lol. Oh thank you for the memories. Such innocent fun. I remember ducking for apples too and I never could get my teeth around the damned apple lol
poor victims !
01-11-2018, 06:22 AM
17
Re: Mischievous Night
Originally Posted by Omah
->
I was born and bred in Coventry and I don't remember "celebrating" Halloween or Mischievous Night as a child ..... I remember that as "Rat-a-tat-ginger" .....
For a month before Bonfire Night, our "gang" would pester local inhabitants for "A Penny For The Guy" and then use the monies obtained to buy cheap fireworks to explode on bomb-sites, building sites, factory sites and canals - placing them in some sort of container to create a "bomb" was particulary popular .....
Inevitably, there were many "accidents" .....
|
|
