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Mischief night or mischievous night is a tradition in northern England, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, and the United States; a night when the custom is for preteens and teenagers to take a degree of license to play pranks and do mischief to their neighbours. The most common date for mischief night is 30 October, the day before Halloween.
In many parts of Britain and Ireland Halloween used to be known as 'Mischief Night', which meant that people were free to go around the village playing pranks and getting up to any kind of mischief without fear of being punished.
This traditional night of pranking is remarkably similar to the April Fools Day pranks played all over the world, and some regions of the world also have a Mischief Night around the beginning of May. The plethora of pranking holidays which provide a designated day and time for pranking may simply reflect a widespread appreciation among humans for jokes, pranks, and shenanigans.
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