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You are here: Home / Language / Why Do Some People Believe That Black Cats Are Bad Luck and Where Did the Superstition Come From?

Why Do Some People Believe That Black Cats Are Bad Luck and Where Did the Superstition Come From?

June 10, 2020 by Karen Hill

If you believe that a black cat crossing your path is bad luck, you believe in witchcraft.

Legend has its that in the 1560s in England, a father and son threw stones at a cat that had startled them on a moonless night.

The wounded cat ran into the nearby home of a suspected witch.

The next day the old woman was seen in public limping and bruised, and a superstition was born which caused the burning alive of innocent women in the seventeenth century.

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About Karen Hill

Karen Hill is a freelance writer, editor, and columnist. Born in New York, her work has appeared in the Examiner, Yahoo News, Buzzfeed, among others.

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