Tales From the Counter

"When you see a one-eyed cat, you can make a wish come true. Just spit on your thumb, stamp in in the palm of your hand, and make a wish" - American superstition according to The Cryptopedia

For those of you who find yourself hanging around the shop frequently, you probably have already heard. For those of you who don't...well...I got a new kitty!

Well, here she is...my little, purring shelter find. I'd like to say that we walked into the shelter and picked a kitty based on our needs and wants. But let's be honest here. This kitty definitely picked us! As soon as we passed her cage, she gave us the eyes...the 'take me home' eyes. And we were done. LOL! Gillian Kemp, in The Good Cat Spell Book says that "Cats are believed to have the power to bewitch people..." Need I say more???

For those of you who have been keeping up on her progress with us, Chloe (her name, which means 'blooming') is doing wonderfully! After an unsure moment or two, she quite confidently took over the house! You should see her, strutting around like a little lioness...

Well, seeing as we have books galore at the shop about animals (whether you're viewing them as familiars, animal guides, etc), I thought I'd share a few interesting superstitions about our kitty cat friends...

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"Good luck will come to you if you dream of a white cat." - American

"Two cats in a fight near a dying person, or over the grave of a recently deceased person, are supposedly the devil and an angel fighting for soul possession" - English

"If you hear a cat sneezing, it means good luck!" - Italian

"In the early sixteenth century, a visitor had to kiss the family cat for good luck" - English

"It is considered bad luck to cross a stream while holding a cat" - French

"In Egyptian mythology, cats are sacred to the goddes Isis. In honor of her, if a person killed a cat, he was put to death." - Egyptian

"If the cat washed it's face in front of a group of people, then the first person the cat looked at would soon get married."

"A cat's pupils dilate when the tide is low and contract when it's high tide."

"A kitten born in May is thought to be a witch's cat."

*These superstitions, as well as other interesting and quirky metaphysical facts, were found in David F. Kramer's Cryptopedia: A Dictionary of the Weird, Strange and Downright Bizarre.

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xoxo, Jen