[Magdalen] Moving

[H Angus]

Well, the paws thing might work too and would be rather less messy.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jay Weigel" <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2015 10:54:06 AM
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Moving

I only heard of buttering its paws.

On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 10:47 AM, H Angus <hangus at ctcn.net> wrote:

> I have read of -- but never tried --  an old custom of buttering your cat.
> Literally. When you get the cat to a new home, you put butter all over it.
> The cat is of course quite disgusted by the mess in its fur, and sets out
> to clean itself. By the time the cat has licked all the butter off, its
> initial impulse to start back for its old home has waned, and it will stay
> around the new place.
>
> Heather
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Roger Stokes" <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com>
> To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
> Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2015 4:52:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Moving
>
> That will help them check nothing is hiding under things and will help get
> their scent on the place. Keeping low to the ground is also a sign of
> submission if they did encounter a potential aggressor.
>
> Roger
>
>
>
>      On Tuesday, 16 June 2015, 21:46, Susan Hagen <susanvhagen at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>  Mine always do the first patrol of the property in snake-belly fashion.  I
> don't know what that posture signifies.
> Susan
>
> On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 11:48 PM, Molly Wolfmama <lupa at kos.net> wrote:
>
> > I have an appointment with two guys and a truck for next Saturday
> > afternoon.  Please keep my furpeople Oliver and Josephine in your prayers
> > as they enter into our new abode. They are going to be two pussed-off
> > pissycats.
> >
> > Molly
> >
> > The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no
> > other way. -- Mark Twain
>
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> --
> Before enlightenment pay bills, do laundry.  After enlightenment pay bills,
> do laundry.
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