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Not born without amniotic sac, but rather born with the amniotic sac intact.



This is called an en-caul birth and there is a lot of very old superstitions about people born en-caul, mostly that it was good luck.


Ah, yes, I read 'sans' rather than 'dans'. Thanks!




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