Amniomancy

Amniomancy is a method of divination whereby the future life of a child is predicted from the caul covering their head at birth.^[1][2] The colour and consistency of the caul are used to interpret the future.^[3] A vivid colour is supposed to reflect a vivid life whilst the opposite is also true.^[3]

Amniomancy dates to at least the times of the Roman Empire.^[4]

The word amniomancy comes from the Latin amnion, meaning membrane.^[5] The French proverb Il est ne coiffe is thought to originate from this practice.^[6]