Karlology (38 page)

MY
HI
S
T
O
RY EX
A
M
at school was full of
q
uestions
b
ased on the Tudor times. The good thing with this was,
I
cou
ld
g
uess at t
h
e answers as ever
y
one
b
ac
k
in Tu
d
o
r
t
im
es
see
m
ed
to
be
ca
ll
ed
e
i
t
h
e
r
E
dward,
H
e
nry or Charles i
f
t
h
e
y
were
f
e
ll
as, or Cat
h
erine an
d
A
n
ne i
f
t
h
e
y
were women. B
y
usin
g
m
y
g
ut-feelin
g
method,
I
g
ot a
GC
SE
gra
d
e
E
. T
h
is was my
b
est an
d
on
l
y exam resu
l
t, w
h
ic
h
p
roves m
y
g
ut is
b
rainier t
h
an m
y
b
rain
.

O
n m
y
tri
p
to the Tower of London,
I
p
aid m
y
£17
e
ntry
f
ee to t
h
en
fi
n
d
t
h
at t
h
e guessing game
I
d
i
d
d
urin
g
my history exam would have to continue here today, due to t
h
e
f
act t
h
at
I
cou
ld
n’t rent an au
d
io
g
ui
d
e.
You
had to hand
i
n
so
m
e
f
o
rm
of
I
D
to get the audio guide, to prevent you
r
unning o
ff
wit
h
t
h
e
b
it o
f
k
it. I
d
i
d
n’t
h
ave any ID on me so
h
a
d
to
d
o t
h
e tour wit
h
out one. I wan
d
ere
d
t
h
rou
gh
t
h
e different towers but didn’t have a clue what had
g
one on in any of them as I couldn’t read the information displays, due to the hundreds of other tourists crowding around them,
wh
o must
h
ave a
ll
come wit
h
no ID eit
h
er.

T
h
an
k
s to a
f
ree ma
p
, I
d
i
d
fi
n
d
w
h
ere Anne Bo
l
e
y
n and Kathryn Howard had their heads cut off. An American man was telling his camp friend that Anne Boleyn was suppose
d
to
h
ave
b
een t
h
e ug
l
iest o
f
a
ll
o
f
Henry VIII’s six
w
ives. He went on to sa
y
t
h
at as we
ll
as
b
ein
g
u
gly
,
h
e’
d
h
ear
d
t
h
at Anne
h
a
d
six
fi
n
g
ers on one o
f
h
er
h
an
d
s. His camp friend said that he hadn’t heard that before, but that he’s never been up to date with gossip and had only just
f
oun
d
out t
h
at O
p
ra
h
Win
f
re
y
h
a
d
six toes on eac
h
f
oot. T
h
is was news to me. I was
gl
a
d
I never
g
ot an au
d
io
g
ui
d
e as I wouldn’t have heard about Oprah’s feet. The trip wasn’t such a waste of time after all. I think as long as you learn somet
h
ing new every
d
ay, no matter w
h
at it is, t
h
e
d
ay
h
as
n
ot
b
een waste
d
. W
h
et
h
er it’s t
h
e names o
f
Henr
y
VIII’s six
w
ives or O
p
ra
h
Win
f
re
y
’s six toes, a
f
act is a
f
act
.

I
then went to see some royal jewels in the Jewel House.
I
joined a queue that went on for ages and that, once joined,
w
as
d
i
ffi
cu
l
t to
l
eave
d
ue to t
h
ere
b
ein
g
on
ly
one wa
y
out. I
got bored of looking at the jewels as there was just too much
of
t
h
e stu
ff
, an
d
t
h
is ma
d
e me rea
l
ize w
hy
Henr
y
VIII went
out
wi
t
h
A
nne Boleyn. She might have been ugly, but she
w
ould’ve got more use out of all these diamond rings than any other woman, due to her extra finger.

I
went an
d
b
oug
h
t a
d
rin
k
, some s
h
ort
b
rea
d
an
d
a
b
a
n
ana
f
or m
y
l
unc
h
, an
d
ate it w
h
i
l
e watc
h
in
g
t
h
e ravens t
h
at the
y
have knockin
g
about the
p
lace. This is when I
g
ot told
o
ff by a beefeater for giving one of the ravens a chunk of my
b
anana. T
h
e sa
y
in
g
“
Y
ou are what you eat” is perfect for
b
ee
f
eaters as t
h
eir name comes
f
rom man
y
y
ears a
g
o w
h
en t
h
e
y
were
p
ai
d
in
b
ee
f
to
g
uar
d
t
h
e Tower. B
y
t
h
e size o
f
the fella who told me off, it looked like this was still the case. “It’s the job of the raven master to feed the ravens”, he sai
d
. I t
h
in
k
t
h
e reason
h
e was annoye
d
was cos I gave t
h
e
b
anana to t
h
e ravens instea
d
o
f
h
im. He’s
p
ro
b
a
bly
sic
k
o
f
b
ee
f
an
d
wou
ld
l
ove a
b
it o
f
b
anana
.

There’s an old rumour that if the ravens left the tower, the entire kingdom would fall. There’s a lot of superstition
wh
en it comes to
b
ir
d
s. Me mam to
ld
me i
f
y
ou see t
h
ree swans
fly
in
g
, it means t
h
ere’s
g
oin
g
to
b
e a
d
isaster; i
f
a ro
b
in flies into your house, it means someone you know will
b
e dying soon; if you see an owl in daylight you’ll receive
b
a
d
news
b
e
f
ore t
h
e en
d
o
f
t
h
e
d
ay; i
f
you see a
b
ir
d
d
ie in
mid-flight, this also brings you bad luck; and yet if one of ’em s
h
its on
y
ou, t
h
en
p
eo
pl
e sa
y
it’s
g
oo
d
l
uc
k
.