The Top Ten Reasons to Adopt a Black Cat

Contrary to popular belief, in many cultures, black cats are thought to be lucky.

Consider the Old English charm:

Black cat, cross my path 
Good fortune bring to home and hearth
When I am away from home
Bring me luck wherever I roam

- Old English Charm 

 Freya, the Norse Goddess of Love & Fertility drives a chariot pulled by two black cats.

To dream of a black cat is thought by many people to be a lucky omen. 

In the theater world, it is thought that a black cat in the audience means the play will be successful.

In the south of France, black cats are referred to as "matagots" or "magician cats." 

Fisherman's wives often kept black cats while their husbands went away to sea, believing the black cats protected their husbands from danger.

Yet black cats are the most commonly euthanized cats in shelters, because they are the hardest to place.

Here then, courtesy of http://fullcirclenews.blogspot.com/2007/08/black-cats.html, are the top ten reasons to adopt a black cat.

10. You'll save $$ on their Halloween costumes.

9. You can always find them in the snow.

8. Holding a black cat is very slimming.

7. Black cats will match any decor.

6. A lint brush isn't required for a black-tie affair.

5. When you love a black cat, Luck is on your side.

4. Black cats are like onyx, a beautiful gem.

3. Hey, they don't care what color you are!

2. Love knows no color.

And the number one reason to adopt a black cat...

1. They are the least likely to be adopted.

In the comments, please leave another reason to adopt a black cat.  On March 15th. I will draw a name and that person will win a black cat charm, created by me, in the Bead cave.

In the mean time, the bracelet you see, with thirteen lucky black cats, is for sale in my etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cornerstoregoddess

Nine Lives to Live

Nine black kitties, swinging on the gate.

One ate a mouse head; then there were eight.

Eight black kitties, channeling Andre Previn;

One hit a sour note.  Then there were seven.

Seven black kitties, "watering" the bricks.

One "watered" Butch, the dog.  Then there were six.

Six black kitties, at the Black Cat Dive.

One did too much 'nip; then there were five.

Five black kitties, fishing by the shore.

One hooked a crabby shark; then there were four.

Four black kitties, climbing up a tree.

One took up with a squirrel; then there were three.

Three back kitties, lapping up fondue.

One lactose intolerant; then there were two.

Two black kitties, in the hot hot sun.

One left for sunscreen; then there was one.

One black kitty, sitting all alone

Went back to his kitty lair for tuna and salmon.

Bracelet of nine black cats, up for auction on eBay.

The Naming of Cats

by TS Eliot

The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter,
It isn't just one of your holiday games;
You may think at first I'm as mad as a hatter
When I tell you, a cat must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES.




First of all, there's the name that the family use daily,
Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo or James,
Such as Victor or Jonathan, or George or Bill Bailey -
All of them sensible everyday names.




There are fancier names if you think they sound sweeter,
Some for the gentlemen, some for the dames:
Such as Plato, Admetus, Electra, Demeter -
But all of them sensible everyday names.





But I tell you, a cat needs a name that's particular,
A name that's peculiar, and more dignified,
Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular,
Or spread out his whiskers, or cherish his pride?


 



Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorum,
Such as Munkustrap, Quaxo, or Coricopat,
Such as Bombalurina, or else Jellylorum -
Names that never belong to more than one cat.






But above and beyond there's still one name left over,
And that is the name that you never will guess;
The name that no human research can discover -
But THE CAT HIMSELF KNOWS, and will never confess.




When you notice a cat in profound meditation,
The reason, I tell you, is always the same:
His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation
Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name:




His ineffable effable
Effanineffable
Deep and inscrutable singular Name.


Black cat bracelet on etsy.