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New Day Café: It's National Black Cat Day [1]

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Date: 2023-10-27  

Today, let’s show some appreciation for our purring black friends.

(h/t Dixiecollie)

In some locales, notably Scotland, Britain, and Japan, the presence or appearance of a black cat is indicative of imminent good fortune and prosperity. Beyond these regions, though, public favor of the black cat runs sharply southward. In much of the Western world, black cats are considered to be harbingers of misfortune and wickedness. This unfortunate association stems from an image that will be familiar to many readers, which is that of the black cat serving as a companion to potion-brewing, spell-casting witches everywhere. nationaltoday.com/...

“A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere.”

--Groucho Marx

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(h/t kalmoth)

“Black cat or white cat: If it can catch mice, it’s a good cat.”

--Deng Xiaoping

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“The hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat.”

--Confucius

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“Whenever the cat of the house is black, the lasses of lovers will have no lack.”

--English Proverb

x Black cats are beautiful pic.twitter.com/dotJ5YCIHA — ￮༺𓂂𓂃ᗙ 𝔐𝔞𝔯𝔱𝔦𝔫 ᗛ𓂃𓂂༻￮ (@KlatuBaradaNiko) October 11, 2023

“In the pewter mornings, the cat, a black fur sausage with yellow Houdini eyes, jumps up on the bed and tries to get onto my head. It’s his way of telling whether or not I’m dead.”

--Margaret Atwood

x Let #FridayThe13th hold no fear of black cats. In #Wales they bring good luck to the home as they

“chase all ills away”, while in #Scotland, if an unknown black cat shows up at your door it is a sign that wealth is coming your way! #FaustianFriday #Caturday #Friday13th #NewMoon pic.twitter.com/pVvDd7EEu8 — Maude Frome (@frome_maude) October 12, 2023

“You ought to know Mr. Mistoffelees! The Original Conjuring Cat (There can be no doubt about that).”

--T.S. Eliot

x Lucky black cats pic.twitter.com/J7c1qsyu6L — mary ( メアリ ) (@uproarinhouston) October 15, 2023

“I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through.”

--Jules Verne

x • Dracula Halloween costume for black cats. pic.twitter.com/bwEtYpoZj2 — 𝔙𝔞𝔪𝔭𝔦𝔯𝔞 𝔎𝔞𝔯𝔫𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔦𝔫 🦇 (@Draculasswife) October 15, 2023

“Beware of the night, child. All cats are black in the dark.”

--Jean Genet

(h/t twingrace)

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“Macavity, Macavity, there’s no one like Macavity, For he’s a fiend in feline shape, a monster of depravity.”

--T.S. Eliot

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“Anyone who believes what a cat tells him deserves all he gets.”

--Neil Gaiman

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Black Cat Cupcakes

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Grizzly the Shop Cat

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So c’mon in the café and grab a cuppa...

...and a nice nosh...

x Baked some mint choc cat and bat cookies! 🐈‍⬛🦇#31DaysofHaunting 🖤 pic.twitter.com/YMcB9sDyQc — Genevieve Puttay (@GenevievePuttay) October 15, 2023

...and join us!

New Day Café is an open thread. What do you want to talk about today?

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