No, not that shower.
Help me with an argument. Why does one spit on the heart of midlothian at St Giles? I know what I know but a self-appointed expert thinks otherwise.
Shoot!
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17-12-2022 09:31 PM #1Testimonial Due
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Heart of Midlothian
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17-12-2022 09:46 PM #2Coaching Staff
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To make it green! 🤔
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17-12-2022 09:53 PM #3@hibs.net private member
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The site of the entrance of the old tolbooth prison, something to do with people hung there
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17-12-2022 09:57 PM #4@hibs.net private member
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Because you would get lifted if you had a pish.
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17-12-2022 10:13 PM #5Coaching Staff
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Do people regulary spit outside the entrance to Saughton Prison?🤔 Originally Posted by Stairway 2 7
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17-12-2022 10:14 PM #6Coaching Staff
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😂😂 Originally Posted by NORTHERNHIBBY
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To OP: I was always under the impression it’s to symbolise spitting on the criminal prisoners below. Maybe now considered good luck?
Not a tradition I think we’d be looking to start these days!
.. however when googling it seems it’s more a mark of disdain against the old prison/execution site, which makes more sense!Last edited by WeeRussell; 17-12-2022 at 10:18 PM.
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17-12-2022 10:19 PM #8Coaching Staff
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Can only speak for myself but I’ve never gobbed once when going in and out of the place. Originally Posted by HUTCHYHIBBY
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17-12-2022 11:30 PM #9Testimonial Due
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A wee visit to Abbotsford House and you’ll see the original Tolbooth Doorway incorporated into the building after being gifted to Walter Scott on the success of his eponymous novel. Originally Posted by Santa Cruz
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Well worth a look (perhaps on warmer days though)
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20-12-2022 03:23 PM #10@hibs.net private member
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The view on the spitting is when you got released you spat at the door as a sign of bravado and sticking 2 fingers up at the authorities.
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20-12-2022 03:26 PM #11Coaching Staff
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Despite knowing about the prison tradition, I always hack up a beauty to dedicate to our beloved neighbours. Childish but fun.
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20-12-2022 05:51 PM #12Ultimate Slaver
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On a (loosely) related note...
Why did the singer/songwriter Fish write a song called 'Heart of Lothian'?
Bit strange for a Hibs Fan.
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He's singing about Edinburgh. Nothing to do with the Midlothian version. Originally Posted by Keith_M
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I’m with you. Originally Posted by JeMeSouviens
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Remember as a teen, getting the number 6 bus from the foot of Easter Road to derbies at Tynie. Full of boisterous Hibbies, the bus would often be stopped at St Giles to allow everyone to pile off and gobb on the Heart to bring us luck. This was the 80’s….only luck it brought was bad!
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