The holiday is still sometimes held on November 4 in England, as well as in Australia and New Zealand. The European celebration of the holiday eventually shifted to take place on October 30, the night before Halloween, or on November 4, the night before Guy Fawkes Night. At that time, it was held on the day before May Day. The earliest reference to the day dates to 1790 in Oxford, England. Although the pranks are usually innocuous, the police have had to intervene at times because of the destruction of property, such as by the spray-painting of homes and buildings, and even by arson. Common examples include toilet papering houses and trees, soaping windows, paint throwing, egging and flouring houses and cars, throwing tomatoes, knocking on doors or ringing doorbells and not waiting for an answer, "forking" gardens, tying door handles together or putting treacle on them, setting off fireworks, and smashing pumpkins. There are a wide variety of pranks that regularly accompany the night. Although, in some circumstances, Mischief Night is observed on Halloween night and is combined with trick-or-treating.
In practice, the holiday separates the trick from the treat of trick-or-treating, which is an activity often done on Halloween.
Steeped in folk tradition, the holiday usually takes place the night before Halloween. Mischief Night is an evening filled with mischief and pranks done to neighbors, mainly carried out by children and teenagers.
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