CAT 



A BLATE cat makes a proud mouse (Scotch). An idle, or 

 stupid, or timid foe is never feared. 



A cat has nine lives^ a woman has nine lives. In 

 M.\di6\Qtox)!s Blurt Master Constable, 1602, we have : "They 

 have nine lives apiece, like a woman." 



A cat 77iay look at a king. In Cornwall they say a cat 

 may look at a king if he carries his eyes about him. 



"A Cat may Look at a King," is the title of a book on 

 history, published in the early part of the last century. On 

 the frontispiece is the picture of a cat, over it the inscription, 

 "A cat may look a.t a king," and a king's head and shoulders 

 on the title-page, with the same inscription above. 



A cafs walk, a litde way and back (Cornwall). No 

 place like home. Idling about. 



A dead cat feels no cold. No life, no pain, nor reproach. 



A dog hath a day. — Heywood. In Essex folks add ; 

 And a cat has two Sundays. Why ? 



The shape of a good greyhound : 



A head like a snake, a neck like a drake, 

 A back Hke a beam, a belly like a bream, 

 A foot like a cat, a tail like a rat. 



