“Cat on its brain”

Here’s an old British weather tidbit: “Cat on its brain, it’s going to rain.” This expression refers to a cat’s nap pose: curled up so the t...

The Nativity cat

cat , who ever since has had the M—for Mary, or Madonna — on the forehead.

Wake me for the funeral

Cats are generally well thought of in eastern Asia, yet there is an old story that casts the cat in a badlight. According to the story, when...

“Contemptible sneaks”

people who don’t want an animal entering (or leaving) a room with no sound at all. For us cat lovers, sneakiness is part of the total appea...