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Beggars Night, or Beggars' Night, is a regional term for the practice of going "Trick or Treat" in the period before Halloween night. Beggars Night emerged to address security concerns over young children involved in unsupervised Trick-or-Treating. Instead, younger children were encouraged to Trick-or-Treat on another night, before Halloween.
In 2023, some cities chose to celebrate Beggars' Night even earlier than Oct. 30, holding the annual celebration on the last Saturday of October instead of on a week night.
Beggars' Night for Pleasant Hill residents instead will be held from 6-8 p.m. on Halloween night. The city of Des Moines and most other metro communities also announced plans Tuesday morning to ...
The tradition of Beggar's Night started in 1938 in Des Moines to curb vandalism after police received a record 550 calls. For over 80 years, the city of Des Moines and much of the metro have ...
In addition, trick-or-treating in the Des Moines area is arranged on a different night preceding Hallowing, known as Beggar's night, with the expectation it will reduce mischief and keep children safer from adult parties and drunk driving that may occur on Halloween proper.
Mischief Night is an informal holiday on which children, teenagers and adults engage in jokes, pranks, vandalism, or parties. [1] It is known by a variety of names including Devil's Night (particularly in Detroit), Gate Night, Goosey Night, Moving Night, Cabbage Night, Mystery Night and Mat Night.
TUSCARAWAS COUNTY ‒ Halloween will fall on Thursday, Oct. 31, this year, and Tuscarawas County communities and organizations have begun announcing their plans for trick or treat times and other ...
The Athens Lunatic Asylum, now a mixed-use development known as The Ridges, [2] was a Kirkbride Plan mental hospital operated in Athens, Ohio, from 1874 until 1993.During its operation, the hospital provided services to a variety of patients including Civil War veterans, children, and those declared mentally unwell.