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Author:   Willow Winsham
Publisher:   Batsford
Imprint:   Batsford
ISBN:  

9781849949736

ISBN 10:   1849949735
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   02 April 2026
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction Part One: Sayings, Superstitions and Strange Beliefs Fateful Felines: Good and Bad Fortune: Unlucky for Some: Black Cats The Curse of the May Kitten. Puss in Boots: Constantino and his Cat Throwing a Black Cat: The Treasure of the Carbunclo Japan’s Inviting Cat: Maneki Neko   Matters of Life and Death: The Nine Lives of a Cat Take Your Breath Away From Titanic to Lusitania: Cats and Shipwrecks   Rain, Rain, Go Away: Predicting the Weather Cats at Sea Why Cats Always Wash After Eating   Letting the Cat out of the Bag and other Popular Sayings Letting the Cat out of the Bag The Witch and Her Cat Cat Saints and Feline Deities: Bastet and the Sun God: Cats in Ancient Egypt Cat Gods and Goddesses: Tezcatlipoca Narasimha Boxout: A Chariot Pulled by Cats: The Goddess Freya Ceridwen and other Goddesses The Cat on the Ark and other Legends Patrons of Cats: St Jerome and other Cat Saints How the Tabby got its Markings Palita and Lomasa   Part Two: Cats of Fairytale, Lore and Legend Ferocious Felines: Feline Fashion Police: The Yule Cat Be Careful Where You Look: The Skoffin Beware the Wampus Cat Vampire Cats The Fairy Cat: Cat Sith King Arthur’s Killer: The Cath Palug Ghost of the Capitol: Demon Cat Japan’s Supernatural Cats: Nekomata The Kasha Bakeneko The Tale of the Manx Cat The Mystery of the Cabbit The Old Woman and the Cat Cats in Folk and Fairy Tale: The Many Tales of Cats Why Dog Chases Cat Bayun the Cat Kisa the Cat How the Pussy Willow got its Name Grinning Like a Cheshire Cat Conclusion: Celebrating Cats: Past, Present and Future The Hermitage Cats Acknowledgements Selected Further Reading Index

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'Beautifully illustrated, thoughtfully designed and produced to a high quality, this is a book not to miss. Even dog lovers will enjoy it/' -- Mark Norman, 'The Folklore Podcast'

Author Information

Willow Winsham is an historian of witchcraft, specialising in English witchcraft cases. She is author of Accused: British Witches Throughout History andEngland's Witchcraft Trials from Pen and Sword Books. She is co-founder of #FolkloreThursday, a popular website and Twitter account that brings fascinating tales and traditions from all corners of the globe to its followers every Thursday.

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