"BORN WITH A CAUL"
AN OLD St'J'ERSTI'nON REVIVED
■j By UW, June 16, 8 5:0 p.m.)
. Sydney, Jum 16. Wr'ijjht tho yoiliig labourer fi:ho had a niiraciilous escapo. from death by a sensational fall from a hnildiug, beiaig CfXifilit Ify ielegraph wires, attributed lijg Iticl; on this and several ctlier occasions to the fact that he was horn with a caul. His numerous esciapes included a natron sliavr- from dioivmug iii Auckland Harbour.
in anatomy, the; can! is. a portion of membrane eiivelopiug the lMiljorfl -child, Mid sometimes or.coiiipasscs its iifeatl at biitb. ' This cftu-1 whs fen<l still ii by soui#), supposed to beto.ke.ft great.prosper- % i'or tli.e person berti with it, aiuf fa b-6 :<iii infallible pre&ry-a-Hve against drSWii-iiig, fts well. as, to impart the gift of eloquence. Burins the 15: is century seamen often gave quito large earns-from .£5 to .£4o—for a- caul.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2177, 17 June 1914, Page 7
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144"BORN WITH A CAUL" Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2177, 17 June 1914, Page 7
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