Show Tradition Centuries OldIn Old I In In n nn en ancient tradition the stick like tire lire Is a gift of the gods to man or a property of divinity which somehow has hils fallen Into his hands The Egyptians Egyptians used to celebrate the festival of the staff or the sun lIun shortly after the autumnal l equinox It was suppo supposed ed that the sun heln being dimmer and shining shin shin- ing a shorter time on winter days than thanIn In Iu summer was vas undergoing a 11 period of weakness so go that a staff starr must have been provided to assist him on his I journeys across the sky I r |