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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 556 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CAUL (from O. Eng. calle, Fr. See also:tale, a cap)  , a See also:close-fitting woman's cap, especially one made of network worn in the 16th and 17th centuries; hence the membranous covering to the See also:heart or See also:brain, the omentum, or the similar covering to the intestines, and particularly, a portion of the amnion, which is sometimes found remaining See also:round the See also:head of a See also:child after See also:birth . To this, called in See also:Scotland " sely how," See also:holy or lucky See also:hood, many superstitions have been attached; it was looked on as a sign of See also:good See also:luck, and when preserved, was kept as a See also:protection against drowning .

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