Cat Superstitions


Dressing wounds with a mixture of cat boiled in Olive oil cured ailing patients 
in the middle ages and cat gravy was good for consumption....allegedly.  
 
If a cat jumps over your coffin, your soul can't rest until it's killed.  
 
Sickness can be cured by washing a patient then throwing the water over a 
cat, which will take the illness with it.  
 
If a cat sneezes once it means rain, three times and it's colds for 
everyone....oh yeah, if you kick a cat you'll get rheumatism!


A cat washing itself in a doorway means you'll be getting a visit from a 
clergyman very soon.  
 
A black cat crossing your path means good luck and entitles you to a wish 
except in Belgium, Spain and the USA where it's the equivalent of breaking a 
mirror while walking under a ladder.  
 
Rub warts with a cat's tail to cure them but it has to be in May!  
 
Stuffing a cat's tail up your nose will stop a nosebleed - I can't see any of my 
cats putting up with that ....  
 
Trap a cat under a pot to raise up a strong wind - if you must!