| In the Middle Ages, black cats were thought to be the devil. On Easter and Shrove Tuesday during the Middle Ages, black cats were routinely hunted down and burned. Cats accused of being witches' familiars were generally burned alive. It was also believed that if a cat were to jump over a dead body, the corpse would become a vampire. In order to reverse this process, the cat had to be killed. Another superstition says that witches could shape shift in to the form of a cat in order to get closer to their victims. Witches were thought to have cherished their cats so much that it could be a potentially dangerous situation if any harm came to them. In one story, an innkeeper's dog had killed a witches' cat. The innkeeper's servant dug a grave for the cat while the saddened witch stood by and watched. The witch asked if the servant would say some words over the cats body before burying it. The servant laughed and threw the cats body in the grave, saying "'Ashes to ashes and dust to dust. Here's a hole and go thou must." The witched threatened, "'Very well,you will be punished, as you will see." The next day, as the servant was plowing a field, a rock was thrown up and hit him in the eyes. He was blinded for life. |
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