In October 1743 a Bristol cobbler died from a cat’s bite on his finger. People said the cat had been sent to his house by an old woman in revenge for his calling her a witch, and that dipping in salt water had not saved him. Hone, recording the story, was sure the cat had simply been mad.
The Cobbler and the Witch’s Cat
Printed under 15 October · Bristol
Lore and belief
died of a bite in the finger inflicted by a cat, which was sent to his house by an old woman in revenge for his calling her "Witch,"
From Hone's Every-Day Book, vol. 2, col. 1328. Read the original
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