About whom they say "born with a caul"?
Correct answer: About a fortunate, happy man
Yana
All I know is that I was bald and they had to tape a pink bow to my head.
Player Teresa611
A caul is just a piece of the amniotic sac that surrounds the foetus in utero. During the birth process the amniotic sac tears or ruptures, and sometimes a piece is found adhering to the newborn’s head or another part of its body.
Mars V
David Copperfield (the Dickens character) was born with a caul.
Echoes
oh I didn't know it was called that. My grandma always called it a veil that I was born with a veil
Player #120374466
first time learning about this. Don't know if I was born with a veil or not
D Darling
Echoes, I worked in newborn nursery (1990) & we called it a veil.
cindjo
Player #120374466, I was born with a caul covering my whole head.
Ronnie
Smithy, Actually it was considered lucky because if the membrane remains intact the baby remains in a germ-free environment through birth. Before modern screening of mom and antiseptic birthing practices babies could get all kinds of nasty diseases on the way out, resulting in blindness, STDs etc.
Kane
cindjo, Congratulations! And are you, in fact, lucky? Hope you have a great life.
Ronnie
Player Teresa611, Sometimes the sac emerges intact around the baby, like a water balloon! Happened when my youngest was born. It ruptured only after most of her body was out. Good for baby as her head was less “ squeezed”, and she was in a sterile environment.
Still receiving oxygen through the umbellical cord so no problem. Sometimes it’s a tough little membrane to tear off the bay!
Dinesh k B
Tushar Kapoor will have to borrow it
Chelly
In our afrikaans culture, they believed that if you were born with a caul, you have a gift to see spirits and predict events
Player#Honey
It will be an easy question once you get to know the answer
DzWoman
Yana, me too! My mother dressed me in pink always and still they called me a he
RushMama2112
Some say such a person has the Sight.
RABBIT
Yana, Me too!
kuma
Yana, I love this picture! Nothing sweeter than baby feet and hands!
alex
Yana, me too!
Tené
Echoes, do you have the ability to See
Smithy
yes, because if someone is born within the sack, they are lucky to be alive. Today that is why they rupture the sack.
GOBisme
In many cultures being born under a caul is a bad omen or a curse. This question needs to be repaired
Myffa
Mars V, Yes, and in Dickens' day they thought just possessing one brought luck, so they fetched a lot of money.
fergiethefrog
cindjo, thats exciting!