A kitten born in May - a witches cat
       
                                       
A black cat crossing your path - good luck (A white cat in USA, Spain
and Belgium)
       
                                       
A black cat seen from behind - a bad omen
 
                                       
Stray tortoise shell cat - bad omen
   
                                       
Cats bought with money will never be good mousers

                                       
Cat sneezing once - rain
                     
Cat sneezing three times - the family will catch a cold
                 
USA belief - A cat washing on the doorstep - the clergy will visit
                           
Killing a cat - sacrificing your soul to the Devil
                         
Kicking a cat - Rheumatism
       
                                       
A cat sneezing is a good omen for everyone who hears it. -
                                         Italian superstition
           
It is bad luck to see a white cat at night
       
                                       
Dreaming of a white cat means good luck
     
                                       
When you see a one-eyed cat, spit on your thumb, stamp it in  the palm
of your hand, and make a wish. The wish will come
true.
               
If a cat washes behind its ears, it will rain. - English superstition
                 
A cat sleeping with all four paws tucked under means cold
weather ahead. - English superstition
                         
English schoolchildren believe seeing a white cat on the way to school
is sure to bring trouble. To avert bad luck, they must either spit, or
turn around completely and make the sign of the cross.
                       
A black cat crossing one's path by moonlight means death in an
epidemic. - Irish superstition
                   
A strange black cat on your porch brings prosperity. - Scottish
superstition
               
It is bad luck to cross a stream carrying a cat. - French
superstition
               
A cat on top of a tombstone meant certainly that the soul of the
departed buried was possessed by the devil. Two cats seen fighting near
a dying person, or on the grave shortly after a
funeral, are really the Devil and an Angel fighting for possession of
the soul.
                                         
To see a white cat on the road is lucky.
                 
To kill a cat brings seventeen years of bad luck. - Irish
superstition

If cats desert a house, illness will always reign there. - English
superstition
                   
In Normandy, seeing a tortoiseshell cat foretells death by accident.
                   
In the Netherlands, cats were not allowed in rooms where
private family discussions were going on. The Dutch believed
that cats would definitely spread gossip around the town.
                           
When moving to a new home, always put the cat through the
window instead of the door, so that it will not leave.
         
In the early 16th century, a visitor to an English home would
always kiss the family cat.
       
                                       
When the pupil of a cat's eye broadens, there will be rain. -
Welsh superstition
   
                                       
In 16th century Italy, it was believed that if a black cat lay on the
bed of a sick man, he would die. But there's also a belief that a cat
will not remain in the house where someone is about to die. Watch out if
the family cat refuses to stay indoors.

Bev                                      

PS  A superstition gleefully told to me in my youth by my older
mischievous brother.  "Never stare into a cat's eyes.  It will scratch
your eyes out!!"  I can remember averting my eyes whenever a cat looked
at me, lol.                                        
                                 
The email of the species is more deadly than the mail.