1.   Born on a canal boat, she had a brief childhood before learning to lead the mules that pull the boat.

2.   He was born on a little known island off the south coast of Spain.

3.   Hooker was born on a Mississippi farm, to a deeply religious mother who disapproved of almost all music.

4.   I was born on the crest of a wave and rocked in the cradle of the deep.

5.   On certain nights all the ghosts do battle and the distant echoes of their screams and war-cries are born on the wind.

6.   She was born on Diwali-the Hindu festival of light-when the goddess of wealth blesses your house.

7.   She was born on the same day as me.

8.   She was in an advanced state of pregnancy and her first child was born on the spot by caesarean section.

9.   I was born on Christmas day.

10.   My brother, Neville, was born on a Sunday, when all the church bells were ringing.