The hooligans ran wild every year.
They blocked roads, toppled outhouses, lifted wagons onto barns, smashed pumpkins, soaped windows, rang church bells and made a general nuisance of themselves.
The nights leading up to Halloween were filled with mischief and mayhem during the late 19th century.

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