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SUPERSTITION
WHEN A CAT WASHES ITSELF, IT WILL RAIN.
Submitter comment:
THIS SUPERSTITION HAS NO KNOWN BACKGROUND. PROBABLY SOMEONE'S
CAT WAS WASHING ITSELF AND IT BEGAN TO RAIN. (POST HOC ERGO
PROPTER HOC).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 10-07-1977