Cat. When cats wash their ears more than usual, rain is at hand.
When the cat washes her face over her ears, wee shall have great shore of raine.--Melton, Astrologastor, 45.
The sneezing of a cat indicates good luck to a bride.
Crastina nupturæ lux est prosperrima sponsæ:
Felix fele bonum sternuit omen amor.
Robert Keuchen, Crepundia, 413.
If a cat sneezes thrice, a cold will run through the family.
Satan’s favorite form is that of a black cat, and hence is it the familiar of witches.
A cat has nine lives.
Tybalt. What wouldst thou have with me?