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Cabbage Stump Night
Cabbage Stump Night (or merely Cabbage Night) appears to be an American variant of northern England's Mischief Night, celebrated on the night before Halloween. Once again, it's something I had never heard of before. From newburyportnews.com:
There's a few more details about it in the Dictionary of American Regional English.
Cabbage Stump Nights are not well chronicled. New Jersey apparently had its "cabbage night'' when cabbages were hurled at houses, but ours bettered that because cabbages do not fit small hands for throwing...
Cabbages have a distinctive and proper root for Cabbage Stump Night because it is the rubbery equivalent of a Little League baseball bat — pliant, easy to grasp and packing a mighty wallop.
Proper celebration of Cabbage Stump Night was to make a stealthy advance upon a peaceful household, beat the bejabbers out of the side of the house or the front door and skedaddle as fast as you could in the getaway. The alternative to escape was to receive a belt in the behind from the householder.
There would be no damage to the house because of the softness of the root, but the racket inside the house was a shock wave.
Cabbages have a distinctive and proper root for Cabbage Stump Night because it is the rubbery equivalent of a Little League baseball bat — pliant, easy to grasp and packing a mighty wallop.
Proper celebration of Cabbage Stump Night was to make a stealthy advance upon a peaceful household, beat the bejabbers out of the side of the house or the front door and skedaddle as fast as you could in the getaway. The alternative to escape was to receive a belt in the behind from the householder.
There would be no damage to the house because of the softness of the root, but the racket inside the house was a shock wave.
There's a few more details about it in the Dictionary of American Regional English.
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Categories: Celebrations Posted by Alex on Fri Nov 06, 2009 |
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Jeeze, why not just leave a flaming bag of dog sh*t on the porch? Because scaring the bejeezus out of people is FUNNY! Jerks.
Posted by Kristen55 in Seattle, WA on Fri Nov 06, 2009 at 05:38 PM
I've been familiar with Mischief Night for years, but this is the first I've heard of Cabbage Night.
Perhaps smaller kids could have Brussel Sprouts Night? They're like little miniature ("fun-sized" according to Halloween candy nomenclature?) cabbages.
Posted by Accipiter on Fri Nov 06, 2009 at 07:53 PM
Perhaps smaller kids could have Brussel Sprouts Night? They're like little miniature ("fun-sized" according to Halloween candy nomenclature?) cabbages.
Is this the night when Cabbage Patch Kids are conceived?
Posted by Tah in Idaho (Yes, Idaho) on Sat Nov 07, 2009 at 03:02 AM
We called it Devil's Night in Detroit when I grew up there in the 60's and 70's. It has since been officially outlawed. The mischief turned from soaping windows and ringing doorbells, to setting trash fires and more recently to out right arson. In a city with thousands of derelict buildings, it was, sadly, inevitable.
Posted by ccc in rochester on Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 01:33 PM
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