Show THREAD OF THOUGHT during a history lesson the teacher pointed out to her young pupils that a surname often indicated the trade or profession of the ancestors of those who bore the name for instance she said by way of illustration supposing your name was baker that meant your ancestors were makers of bread or as another example supposing your name was smith that meant that your ancestors were workers in iron blacksmiths and so on she pointed to one of the boys what were your ancestors webb W ebb she asked him the boy looked thoughtful spiders teacher he said after a w while bile |