2006-09-07 12:24:50 · 27 answers · asked by tanya b 1 in Pets ➔ Cats
No, it's an old wives tale.
Black Cats
There are many superstitions associated with cats, partly because the cat has lived alongside humans for many millennia. The cat was worshipped in Egypt and to kill one was considered a capital crime. When an Egyptian family's cat died, the cat was mummified and the family went into mourning. Romans, also, considered the cat sacred and introduced it into Europe. By the 17th Century, however, the cat began to be associated with witchcraft and it's luck turned from good to bad in many areas. A practice that became popular for a time was to burn cats and other animals on Shrove Tuesday (before the start of Lent), in order to protect one's home from fire and other calamities.
Superstitions centering around the black cat are some of the most well-known and popular superstitions today. It is interesting, though, because the good or bad luck they possess is dependent on where you live in the world. In Britain and Japan, having a black cat cross your path, is considered good luck, whereas if you live in the USA or several European countries, it is bad luck to have a black cat walk by.
Good luck associated with black cats include:
Possessing a black cat.
Having a black cat greet you at a door.
Having a black cat enter your home.
Meeting three black cats in succession.
Touching a black cat.
Bad luck associated with black cats include:
Meeting a black cat early in the morning.
Having a black cat turn its back on you.
Scaring or driving away a black cat from your property.
Walking under a ladder after a black cat has walked underneath it.
2006-09-07 12:26:47 · answer #1 · answered by Nikki T 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, no animal is "bad" luck or "good" luck. This is a hold over from the Middle Ages when black cats were seen as witches companions. It's pure bunk and superstition.
By the way, I have about seven feral black cats living in my back yard so, if they were bad luck, I would be over run with it. So far, just normal everyday life!
2006-09-07 12:28:19 · answer #2 · answered by Ellen J 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the only way to ward off the bad luck from a black cat is to own one. If you own a black cat, you are automatically protected from any bad luck from other black cats. Unless of course you are a mouse.
2006-09-07 12:27:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You've got to be kidding! Are you living in the Dark Ages? It may be bad luck to BE a black cat around superstitious morons, but around normal people, it is not.
2006-09-07 12:38:47 · answer #4 · answered by ssbn598 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol, thats a funny question, we actually got a black cat, cuz we had so much bad luck, no I dont belive its bad luck at all
2006-09-07 12:56:58 · answer #5 · answered by confused732002 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
black crows are bad so i suppose black cats are bad luck too. Black most stuff are bad luck but it's only supersticious nothing else really...
2006-09-07 12:27:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO! i have a black kitty and she isnt bad luck its just an old saying
2006-09-07 15:13:04 · answer #7 · answered by Lisa M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yup, i had a black cat once and i totally had bad luck. plus i hate cats
2006-09-07 13:01:29 · answer #8 · answered by blingding 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had a black cat for many years, and I'm still alive.
2006-09-07 12:30:25 · answer #9 · answered by mollyneville 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u make ur luck . not black or white cats
2006-09-07 12:26:17 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋