In a message dated 28/08/00 10:14:34 AM Central Daylight Time, mmrbm@ameritech.net writes: << As a child I heard that the 7th son of a 7th son was psychic -- I think the term my grandmother (Jane) used was, "could see things." I never knew whether this bit of superstition came from the Scot or German sides of her ancestry. (She was the 7th child of a 7th son and seemed to know in advance when someone close to her was dying.) Perhaps this is the wrong list for this posting but my gr-grandmother, Jane MacDonald MacLean came from Skye. Marion Markham >> It is called " The Second Sight" and it is believed in by a lot of people. Dave M.