In NJ the night before Halloween was mischief night. Young teen boys would roam in gangs carrying eggs and shaving cream. You would also have a sweat sock filled with about 3 inches of flower that would be used in battle like a numchuck. If the police caught you they would pat you down, breaking all the eggs in your hooded sweat shirt. I use to keep my eggs in a nail apron I wore backwards so that the eggs would be in the small of my back. No one would touch a boy there.
Was mischief night practiced in other states? We were all good catholic boys in my gang but it was not religious.
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