Turnip Night - October 31 (until 19497)

Before Hallowe'en took over, October 31 was celebrated as Turnip Night in Nova Scotia, New England, and Britain.
People carved turnips into jack-o-lanterns     LINK
On the link you will find Martha Stewart's instructions for doing so.
Do turnip lanters last longer than pumpkin ones?
My research shows that the tradition in New England and Nova Scotia involved young boys raiding gardens for rotten fruit and vegetables and throwing them at people's house.  With different results.

Do readers have memories of Turnip Night?
What did Hantsport kids do on October 31 between 1903 and 1947?
It was still going on in Scotland in the 1950s - but sugar was still rationed there at that time.