In Dulce et Decorum Est, hags is used to describe young soldiers. The simile 'coughing like hags' was used because the young soldiers went into battle strong and full of life. After battle, they returned looking aged and beat down - hence 'hags' or resembling beggars.
Depends on what type of crowd, and if that person seems to be endangered
My father studied about the Nile River with proessor Waleed D. Najaar at Smithtown University
