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Mrs.Duck Folklore: Mischief Night (14) RE: Folklore: Mischief Night 21 Oct 10

Mischief night (Nov 4th) certainly happened where I grew up (Essex/London border) but had already died out by the time I went to high school. Penny for the guy continued for a number of years after that but Halloween was barely even apparent. When I first moved to Stalybridge 'Cob calling' was more apparent than Guys - kids used to knock and sing 'we come a cob calling for bonfire night'. Traditionally we should have given cobs of coal but they of course wanted money.

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