Working At Home

• Most children did some work when they were five years old.
• They started by looking after there younger siblings.
• Also they would help by running errands,fetching water from the river or from anerby well, by sweeping, and carrying food out to the people working in the fields.
• Women had to bake bread and be berwing beer this had to be done daily.
• Girls would learn how to do these essential chores by helping their mothers.
• As they got older they would learn the other endless task, making linen and weaving it into the cloth, basket-weaving was another important skill.
• Grasses, papyrus, and palm leaves were all used to make baskets, and they would use chests for storing food and clothes.
• Herbs were grown close by for use in cooking and making medicines.
• Farm work was the most common way of making a living.
• After the harvest childern searched the fields, picking up fallen scraps of grain.
• Because wood was very expensive to burn, childern were also sent to gather up animal's droppings that were dried out in the sun to be used for winter fuel.
• Also if father's were craftsmen the sons would follow in their father's trade.
• Also poor quality wood, would be disguise and covered with ebony or ivory.
• The glassmakers would recycle broken items to turn them into amulets, beads or containers for cosmetics.