Ancient Egyptians felt they had a sure-fire way of determining the sex of a baby. The mother-to-be was told to pee on a pile of wheat and barley for several days. If the wheat grew, it was going to be a girl. If the barley grew, it would be a boy. If neither grew, the woman would not give birth. As silly as this sounds, there was some science to it. We know today that this method can not determine the sex of a child, but when it was tested, it did predict whether the urinator was pregnant or not 70% of the time. Although the Egyptians did not realize it, the urine of a pregnant woman is different than that of a woman who is not pregnant. The urine of a non-pregnant woman has no effect on the seeds. The same effect could not be claimed for garlic. The Ancient Egyptians believed that you could determine whether you were pregnant or not by placing a clove of garlic next to their cervix before they went to bed. If you woke up with the taste of garlic in your mouth, you were pregnant. There is no science to back this up. Speaking of garlic, Egyptian men carried garlic with them when they visited their mistress or a prostitute. By chewing on the garlic before returning home, the male hoped to convince his wife that no woman would be kissing someone with such bad breath. There may be some science behind that one.
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