2. Many Animal Shelters Won't Let You Have A Black Cat This Time Of Year... In Case You Murder It!
To be fair to the animal shelter owners and managers, this actually has a basis in truth... sort of. It may be medieval christian propaganda, but the legends say that druids and pagan leaders in the ancient festival of Samhain would throw cats, especially black cats into a fire, alive. They were often kept in wicker cages, and the whole cage was thrown in, as part of a divination ritual to see the future.
To be fair to the animal shelter owners and managers, this actually has a basis in truth... sort of. It may be medieval christian propaganda, but the legends say that druids and pagan leaders in the ancient festival of Samhain would throw cats, especially black cats into a fire, alive. They were often kept in wicker cages, and the whole cage was thrown in, as part of a divination ritual to see the future.