Students were forbidden to attend public hangings in the Grass market. These included even funerals, except those of famed councilors, which were considered too frivolous.
因此，即使課餘，學生也不得到「綠草市場」（Grassmarket）去看吊刑，更不准參加葬禮（除非是名重士林的大人物），這些都被認為是不莊重之事。