I was born with a caul (or a veil) as some folks call it. Our traditional belief is that those who are born with this have the gift of prophecy or are called 'seers'. God has used me in these gifts to edify and uplift the church. I count it as an honor.
A caul is a piece of membrane that can cover a newborn's head and face. It is very rare, but it is a harmless condition. Babies born 'in caul' are born inside the amniotic sac. Famous people born in the caul include Charlemagne, Sigmund Freud, Liberace, and Napoleon.
Bill Caul was born in 1942.
There are many pictures on the Internet of a baby born with a "veil" or caul over its face. It is a genetic condition that may not be visually appealing to all who search for it.
The Calling of the Caul is about the spiritual life of Lester Smitty Smith Jr. who was born with a veil. After he wrote his first book, Living in Flow Motion and found out later he was a Caulbearer. He was able through spirit assistance to answer all the questions he was asking in his first book. In The Calling of the Caul he tells the old and new stories from the view of the Caulbearer that sees everything as spirit views it. Being a Caulbearer assisting others in using their divine gifts is his calling.
"I was born with a caul, which was advertised for sale, in the newspapers, at the low price if fifteen guineas...I was present myslef, and I remember to have felt quite uncomfortable and confused, at a part of myself being disposed of in that way. The caul was won, I recollect, by an old lady with a hand-basket, who, very reluctantly, produced from it the stipulated five shillings......... ." David Copperfield by Charles DickensAll credit goes to Betty Smith's A Tree Grows in Brooklyn: "The only notable thing about the birth was that the infant was born with a caul which was supposed to indicate that the child was set apart to do great things in the world" (Smith 78).Or: We studied the caul in heath class and the superstitions brought with it during a birth.Hope this helps
.Roman Catholic AnswerThe Church takes no stand on children born with a caul.
Doodle is the narrator's brother he is very week. cant walk until he was six and is born in a caul
CAUL
There are two syllables. Caul-dron.
Good Eats - 1999 The Caul of the Flower 14-21 was released on: USA: 25 April 2011
Chopped - 2007 Chewing the Caul Fat 11-2 was released on: USA: 14 February 2012
This Polish Vampyre is created when a child has teeth and a caul at birth.