Topic: Bad omen or are there witches in the neighbourhood?

[ruud]

My neighbours cats,they are sisters,but dont ask me who is who.Three black cats are living next door,must ask the neighbour what they are doing for a living!!!!!!!!!!!!! :o :o :o :o :o :o :o

[manicscousers]

beautiful cats though  ;D

[Froglegs]

This is my grumpy cat does that make me a warlock ;D

[Trixiebelle]

This is my grumpy cat does that make me a warlock ;D

Probably not Froglegs - especially since grumpy cat is sat next to Buddha  ;D

Black cats aren't 'generally' an omen or a sign of witches in the neighbourhood.

They're more likely to be signs of someone who breeds black cats. And if you live next door to someone who breeds black cats and you own a fence, then the chances are you're statistically more likely to see a black cat (or two) on it  ;D

Take it from me! I'm a practising Pagan/Hedgewitch  ;D

There's also another legend that if a witch is 'abound' then your milk will go sour.

This is MORE statistically proven in my house, but only because I buy milk and forget to put it in the fridge  ::)

[Robert_Brenchley]

Grow an elder tree, witches don't like them at all. Put an iron rod under the carpet behind every door, so they can't get in that way, and if you get any strange people climbing in through the window, offer them nothing to eat or drink but salt and water.

Witchcraft is really serious where Namissa comes from.

[Froglegs]

It is in Nottingham  :o when you only live a broomstick ride from Trixiebelle. ;) ;D

[Deb P]

Apparently my Great Grandmother who lived on a commercial apple farm in rural Essex was a great believer in 'white' magic. She used to keep iron under her doormat as described by Robert, and used to make cider in open barrels with yeast floating on a slice of toast with an incantation said over it to keep off the 'vinegar' fly...never had a barrel go sour!

She was also a midwife, (my grandmother only told me that when I said I was going to train to be one) one of the first to be formally qualified under the 1902 Midwives Act when lay midwives could apply for training to be 'proper'. Obviously runs in the blood.......

[SnooziSuzi]

OOoo er!  I was 'accused' of being a witch recently..... or maybe my hearings going and they said bi..... Never mind!

I do read tarot cards though.  Have had quite a lot of hits with the info, but even I think that it's all down to generalisation and being able to pick up on things about the other person rather than some occult powers.   

Now, where did I leave that toad?  ;D

[Froglegs]

I can never understand why on one hand a black cat is allways associated with witchcraft but then said to be lucky if ya see one!

[Trixiebelle]

Grow an elder tree, witches don't like them at all.

On the contrary Robert: Elder trees are considered to be protection for witches and are valued highly amongst 'Pagans' (for want of a better word)

Were you joking/being cynical about Namissa's beliefs, or being serious?

Trixie X

FROGLEGS: If you see a black cat then it is PROBABLY associated with a witch. So you should consider yourself lucky that a witch is nearby ;)

[Robert_Brenchley]

I'm being completely serious; one of my in-laws spent a year in Pademba Road Jail charged with keeping human body parts under the bed and using them to do juju to keep the illegal regime in power. They dropped the charge in the end, but it was all over the Freetown press. We even had a glimpse of her on the TV here, with a bunch of other supposed rebel sympathisers they had under guard.

Elder's a bit ambiguous now I look at it; in some parts of the country witches rode on it, on others people planted it outside their doors to keep them away.

[SnooziSuzi]

 :o
I don't mean to be disrespectfull Robert, but other people's lives are always so much more interesting than our own!

[Froglegs]

Trixie how will i know :o

[scotch-mist]

I had a black cat a few years ago, and called it provo, because it was always sculking in the shadows and around corners waiting to trip me up.
         I was always told they were good luck though

[ruud]

Here in holland a black cat is a sign of bad luck.Wenn a black cat is crossing your path beware something nasty good be happening.Black crows wenn you see them in close range somebody has whistle his last song.Sunshine and rain at the same time is called devils playtime.Does a white cat also have a meaning?I had a white cat for a long time.

[norfolklass]

some white cats are deaf, depends on their eye colour I think – not necessarily bad luck for people but not so great for the cat if it's deaf.

great pics though!

[scotch-mist]

Funny you should mention white cats,
    I have always had a white cat since I got married and moved to this house (I lived in flats before that) and my second one had a blue eye and a green one.
   The vet told me that she was blind on the blue eyed side, and unfortunatly she was hit by a car on this side and had to be put down.
  the last one I had for 11yrs until she died of old age.

[SnooziSuzi]

Aw poor thing.  I hope she didn't suffer.

we had a white cat for a while, although he was perfectly able to hear and see! he knew when a can of cat food was being opened or his favourite treats!!

[Emagggie]

I have the most beautiful black cat called Ella. She chose me at the cat's protection place. She was not offered, but she made herself at home in my cat basket and that was that.
Not mentioning the witch thing here as it would certainly give rise to adverse comments ;D
(I do have a dolly that I stick pins in occasionally though ::))

[SnooziSuzi]

I have been told that I am decended from a large coven in Hexham, Northumberland, but I don't know how true it is.

I do have an uncanny ability to be able to read people though...  :-\