Of Puss in Proverbs^ in the Dark 

 Ages, and in the Company oj 

 Wicked Old Women. 



H E S E are 

 some of the 

 best known 

 Proverbs 



about Cats: — 

 " Care will kill a Cat," one says, and yet Cats 

 are said to have nine lives. Let us hope that 

 poor Pussy will never be put to a worse death. 

 " A muffled Cat is no good mouser." 

 " That Cat is out of kind that sweet milk will 

 not lap." 



