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black Cat to ashes, and have a little of the dust 

 blown into your eyes three times a day. 



To cure a whitlow, put the finger affected a 

 quarter of an hour every day into a Cat's ear. 



The fat of the wild Cat (Axungia Cati Sylvestris) 

 is good for curing epilepsy and lameness. The 

 skin of the wild Cat worn as coverings, will give 

 strength to the limbs. 



Now about dreams : — 



If any one dreams that he hath encountered a 

 Cat, or killed one, he will commit a thief to prison 

 and prosecute him to the death, for the Cat signifies 

 a common thief. If he dreams that he eats Cat's 

 flesh, he will have the goods of the thief that 

 robbed him ; if he dreams that he hath the skin, 

 then he will have all the thief's goods. If any one 

 dreams he fought with a Cat that scratched him 

 sorely, that denotes some sickness or affliction. 

 If any shall dream that a woman became the 

 mother of a Cat instead of a well shaped baby, 

 it is a bad hieroglyphic, and betokens no good to 

 the dreamer. 



Stevens states, that in some counties of England, 

 it used to be thought a good bit of fun to close up 

 a Cat in a cask with a quantity of soot, and 

 suspend the cask on a line ; then he who could 



