Visitors to Edinburgh will often notice people spitting on the Heart. A tolbooth (prison) stood on the site, where executions used to take place. The heart marks its doorway: the point of public execution[1]. Some people spit on the Heart. Although now sometimes said to be for good luck, this was originally simply a sign of historic disdain for the former prison. One popular legend says that by spitting on the heart, one is destined to one day return to Edinburgh.[2]