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10/28/2009
5:34:52 pm EDT
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Holiday Puts Black Cats In Spotlight
Author: Margie Hyslop Source: The Gazette (MD)
Title: HOLIDAY PUTS BLACK CATS IN SPOTLIGHT
Black cats mean bad luck.
That superstition, or its variants, holds sway in some cultures, especially around Halloween.
In other places, beliefs are just the opposite.
Scots have welcomed a strange black cat at the door as a harbinger of prosperity, not a spooky symbol. Some English seafaring families have kept black cats on the notion that doing so ensured that sailors and fishermen would return home safely. And Germans have viewed a black cat crossing from left to right as a good omen — unlike one crossing from right to left.
But in many American communities, including Montgomery County, the real bad luck associated with black cats is in the difficulty those felines have finding a home.
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Aritimi Morgana (RotterdamJct/Schdy/Scotia, New York) - Email Me
If my dad wasn't such a poopyhead about any more pets, I'd be happy to take a few! I have always loved black cats; to me, they were so special, mysterious, clever and beautiful. I'll take a cat of any color, frankly, but my top choice would be a black cat. Soon as I'm on my own, they'll be welcome to share my home.
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