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weirdmom Posted Mon 06 Aug, 2007 1:52 PM |
While at the vet I was flipping through a book about catlore. It said that in Scotland there is a tradition that when a family gets a new house they throw the cat through the door before they enter the new house.
I was just wondering if this is a real tradition (not necessarily one that YOU have done).It reminded me of a tradition in the US (and I think other places?) a groom carries his bride over the threshold. It's not something everyone does but it is at least true.
And they made it sound like this is a current practice, not from the 1600s. |
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Gladly (the cross-eyed bear) Posted Mon 06 Aug, 2007 2:05 PM |
| Never heard of that in my life. In saying that, i have never had a cat. |
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Scottish Dubliner Posted Mon 06 Aug, 2007 2:05 PM |
| Never heard of it, although Cats are supposed to be have E.S.P. so maybe if you threw the cat in and it boltedstraight back out it was not a good sign |
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Scottish Dubliner Posted Mon 06 Aug, 2007 2:06 PM |
| Never heard of it, although Cats are supposed to be have E.S.P. so maybe if you threw the cat in and it bolted straight back out it was not a good sign |
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Scottish Dubliner Posted Mon 06 Aug, 2007 2:07 PM |
| Never heard of it, although Cats are supposed to be have E.S.P. so maybe if you threw the cat in and it bolted straight back out it was not a good sign |
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Edel Posted Mon 06 Aug, 2007 2:18 PM |
Scottish Dubliner wrote: Never heard of it, although Cats are supposed to be have E.S.P. so maybe if you threw the cat in and it boltedstraight back out it was not a good sign
LOL great answer |
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weirdmom Posted Mon 06 Aug, 2007 2:26 PM |
| I had a sense that it was dog bullocks (or maybe cat ones). Probably was true 400 years ago but it said it was a "modern" tradition. |
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