Psychologists explain it's because the human mind is biased towards things it's recently learned - if we learn something new, we are more likely to pay attention to it when we encounter it again shortly afterwards. A similar, related theory says humans are generally biased against information we do not know, so it's after we learn a piece of information we more easily become aware of it. On a separate note - a ploy used by some "psychics" uses the same phenomenon.
If you're told seeing a white feather means a dead loved-one is watching over you, you'll spot them all over the place. A series of symbols sprayed on to pavements outside homes have often spawned claims they're the work of burglars who've left a code to help fellow-criminals target vulnerable premises. Similar to the scratchings made by Victorian tramps to highlight households where a cook would provide a good meal, overlapping squares were meant to indicate the homeowner was "nervous and afraid", while two diamonds chillingly suggested the occupant was "a vulnerable female".
The rumours weren't simply words on the street - even Warwickshire Police has fallen foul of the hoax , although near neighbours West Mercia Police were quick to scotch the myth in Worcestershire. However - the symbols are actually ground works markings used by gas, electricity, water, cable and telecoms contractors. Different paint or chalk colours have specific meanings that indicate whether there are live power lines, flammable material, water, drains or a proposed excavation route.
Are you within your rights to shoot a Welsh person with a longbow after midnight in Chester; or on a Sunday in the Cathedral Close in Hereford; or a Scots person within the city walls of York other than on a Sunday? Both Chester and Hereford were frequently under attack from Wales in the medieval period. As such, please tell me the number of Scots who have been shot in the last ten years by those taking advantage of this law.
Apparently there is no danger in this law, since the bow and arrow needed to be made by a no longer existing factory. This is often repeated, but sometimes in reverse: for example this Guardian article from states the Scotsman must be holding the bow and arrow. Unlike the Welshman in Chester question, I can't see any acknowledgement by York City Council that there is any historical record of this. But such instructions have often been given during wars and there were many Anglo-Scottish wars, so it is not impossible; such instructions cease to apply once peace is concluded.
This "law" ranked 10th in the search for the UK's 10 stupidest laws widely reported as the result of a survey. Whats interesting is that a subsequent amended BBC article of the same 'most ludicrous laws' listed 7 of these and left out this one with the comment. So in summary, this may or may not have been there once upon a time, but now seems to be a local legend rather than a stated law. It definitely does not appear in the search results of the UK Statute Law database.
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In York, it is perfectly legal to shoot a Scotsman with a bow and arrow Henry Shrimp made this Freedom of Information request to City of York Council This request has been closed to new correspondence.
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