68.
You want to spend the same
day at two different places and don’t want to cross any street. Which of the
following is your best choice?
A. The sing-along at the Black
Horse and Jazz at The Bull’s Head.
B. The sing-along at The Black
Horse and Folk Music at The Derby Arms.
C. Folk Music at The Derby Arms and Heavy Music
with Tony Simon at The Bull.
D. Musical Hal lat The Star ＆Garter and Disco at The Lord
Napier.
D
Let’s step back in time. As a child whose
family lives along the Nile thousands of years
ago, your name would be made up of several words. Each morning you would wake
up to the sun-not an alarm clock-and start the day with prayer to the main god
of your town. You would wear good luck charms to make things go well and make
the gods happy.
After a big breakfast, which has to last you
until the evening meal, you would go to work with your parents. Boys would go
with their fathers and girls with their mothers, learning the jobs their
parents did and helping them with their work. Only scribes and doctors went to
school. When payday comes, your parents receive baskets full of food and clothing
from the people they work for. Your family doesn’t miss having money, because
there is no such thing.
Boys learn the songs the men sing to make
their work enjoyable. Girls and women are often musicians and gymnasts,
celebrating life through music and dance.
When harvest time comes, everyone helps in
the field. Girls toss grain and corn high in to the wind to clean it. Boys
bundle crops and put them inside baskets. There is lots of work to do in old Egypt,
but also time for play. On the way back from the fields you might stop for a
swim in the Nile River or one of the canals.
If you were sick you would be taken to a
priest in the temple called The House of Life. The priest would feel your head
and then his own, so he could compare the temperatures. If you were sick, he
would stand over you and chant a magical spell, speaking directly to your
illness. Then he might give you healing plants or potions to eat which often
smelled or tasted very bad. Ancient Egyptian doctors figured that awful
medicine might make the illness want to leave the child’s body. Some herbs and
plants that these ancient doctors used are still used today-like drinking
chamomile tea for an upset stomach.
Your family pet might be a little monkey that
followed you around all day, a protective goose, a cat, or a dog. Pet owners
would often have their pets mummified at death.
Common toys in ancient Egypt were: balls made of linen
rags wrapped around each other, tied with string, and painted; games like
checkers; dolls made of cloth and clay; and little animal pull toys made of
wood.