Why is it said about a lucky person that he was born in a shirt? Detailed answer

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Why is it said about a lucky person that he was born in a shirt?

When a person is lucky, they say that he was born in a shirt. The word "shirt" in this expression appeared not so long ago, but earlier it was pronounced as "to be born in a shirt", and it had a purely practical meaning. The fact is that the shirt was called not only clothes, but also the amniotic sac in which the child is during pregnancy. Sometimes during childbirth this bubble does not burst, and the child is born in it, which, according to superstitious ideas, promises him happiness and luck in life.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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