It is bad luck to see a white cat at night.
Dreaming of a white cat means good luck.
When you see a one-eyed cat, spit on your thumb, stamp it in the palm of your hand, and make a wish.
To see a white cat on the road is lucky.
When moving to a new home, always put the cat through the window instead of the door, so that it will not leave.
Scottish Superstitions
A strange black cat on your porch brings prosperity.
English Superstitions
If a cat washes behind its ears, it will rain.
A cat sleeping with all four paws tucked under means cold weather ahead.
English schoolchildren believe seeing a white cat on the way to school is sure to bring trouble. To avert bad luck, they must either spit, or turn around completely and make the sign of the cross.
If cats desert a house, illness will always reign there.
16th century: A visitor to and English home would always kiss the family cat.
In Yorkshire, while it is lucky to worn a black cat, it is extremely unlucky. to come across one accidentally.
Irish Superstitions
A black cat crossing one's path by moonlight means death in an epidemic.
To kill a cat brings seventeen years of bad luck.
Welsh Superstitions
When the pupil of a cat's eye broadens, there will be rain.
Italian Superstitions
A cat sneezing is a good omen for everyone who hears it.
16th century: It was believed that if a black cat lay on the bed of a sick man, he would die.
French Superstitions
It is bad luck to cross a stream carrying a cat.
Superstitions of Normandy
Seeing a tortoiseshell fortells death by accident.
Superstitions of the Netherlands
Cats were not allowed in rooms where private family discussions were going on. The Dutch believed that cats would definitely spread gossip around the town.
