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Mischief Night
"O thou! whatever title suit thee,—
Auld Hornie, Satan, Nick, or Clootie!
Wha in yon cavern, grim an' sootie,
Clos'd under hatches,
Spairges about the brunstane cootie
To scaud poor wretches!"
~ Address to the Devil, Robert Burns, 1786
Inspired by the spicy cinnamon “Red Hots” candies of vintage Hallowe’en and other fiery confections, this sweet-and-hot tartan is perfect for trick-or-treating, small mischiefs, or minor devilments!
The eve before Hallowe’en has long gone by many names — Mischief Night, Devil’s Night, Gate Night, Goosey Night, Moving Night, Cabbage Night, and even Mat Night — all rooted in the ancient belief that goblins and spirits came out to play pranks and tricks on humans during the nights near Samhain.
Mischief Night became an informal holiday when children and teenagers would traditionally indulge in harmless pranks and antics: stealing gates, ringing doorbells and hiding out of sight, shifting outhouses, or tossing cabbages into unsuspecting yards!
This year, don’t get carried away — yield only to fiery temptations like Fireball Whisky, a Cherry Apple Bomb cocktail, Hellfire Cider, or a spicy bit of Rabbie Burns verse as your Hallowe’en mischief of choice! 💗 ❤️ 🖤 💛 💗 🔥 😈 🔥
Mischief Night, also sometimes known as Devil's Eve or Devil's Night is an informal holiday in which historically, children and teens engage in pranks and minor devilment, and is commonly held the night before Halloween - a night for tricks instead of treats.
In the past in the United States, this holiday was mostly an East Coast or North East phenomenon and included children ringing false alarms, ringing doorbells and leaving before someone answers, stealing gates, setting fires, breaking windows, and doing their best to annoy people.
Instead of an evening of mischief, thoughts of devilment can be turned culinary ones! The hot and spicy often merit a nod to the heat of the devil's domicile.
Deviled eggs, which requires "deviling" or mixing the cooked yolk with mustards and spices and replacing the filling in the cooked egg white, are a classic party food.
Devil's Food Cake (a 1930s invention and its newest incarnation, Red Devil's Food Cake - a cross between the classic chocolate and a Red Velvet Cake) is an exception to this rule and invented as a counterpart to the light and airy Angel's Food Cake.
Click the vintage German magazine cover showing the devil running 'awa' with a lady in a bit of tartan, for a beautifully illustrated recipe for spicy Deviled Scotch Eggs.