Sunday, October 30, 2011

Cabbage Night

Cabbage  Night. That's what the night before Halloween was called when I was a kid. It has other names. Mischief Night, Hell Night. It was the night when windows were soaped, clotheslines were cut, trees were festooned with toilet paper, pumpkins were smashed. (I never did this kind of stuff!) or

Mailboxes were tipped over. Cabbage Night was a day early this year as Mother Nature blew through with a snowstorm. That's a picture of my mailbox lying comatose in the snow.

What does your area call Cabbage Night?
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5 comments:

  1. NutteroneOctober 30, 2011 at 10:03 AM

    October 30th? I'm not gonna lie, although I'm loving out picture perfect fall weather; I'm a bit jealous of your snow. However, first I have to get a new snowblower.

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  2. LindaOctober 30, 2011 at 1:25 PM

    I can't really think of Oct 30 being called anything special. Where does Cabbage Night come from?

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  3. CJOctober 30, 2011 at 4:01 PM

    A search seems to suggest that cabbage night may have come from raiding gardens for the last or rotting cabbages. Would leave anice reek on someone's porch or make a good thump hurled against a door.

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  4. Erica VetschOctober 30, 2011 at 4:21 PM

    I didn't know it had a name. :)

    I'm not at all jealous that you got the first snow...you should move to MN to get away from that stuff. :D

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  5. Julie JarnaginOctober 30, 2011 at 8:31 PM

    I've never heard of that. I learn something new every day!

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