Cat Nights Begin on September 17

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Submitted by the Man in the Tilley Hat

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Are you ready for when CAT NIGHTS begin on 17 September?

This term harks back to the days when folk believed in witches. An Irish Legend says that a witch could turn herself into cat and regain herself eight times, but on the ninth time, August 17, she couldn't turn back.

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15/08/2009 09:29 PM

Hence the saying " A cat has nine lives"

Because August is a "yowly" time for cats ...and you should hear ours these past weeks , we can vouch for that one! This may have initially prompted the speculation about witches on the prowl.

TMITTH

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