Many people are familiar with the legends of the Seventh Son of a Seventh Son. Such men were believed to have great power including ESP, healing ability, and spellcasting. There are rumors that the wrestling families of the Harts and the Von Erichs were trying to produce seventh sons. It's said that in days of old, ship captains would lie, cheat, and steal in order to get a seventh son onboard, as this would keep the ship from sinking for whatever reason. Sinbad was supposedly one of these seventh sons. Sailors also highly prized a bit of the caul some babies were born with, which they would put into an amulet and wear around their necks. Some areas of Appalachia view the seventh daughters of seventh daughters to be the blessed ones, often attributing them with the gift of clairvoyance.

Do you come from a large family? Who among you might have the gift?

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