Black Cat

[Dawn Adele Pointer]

Hello all,
When I was living in Voronezh some friends and I found a tiny black kitten
who obviously needed to be cared for.  My Russian roommate, in the process
of rationalizing our adoption of this kitten, said that it was only
*chuzhie* chornye koshki that are bad luck, but that owning one of your own
was actually good luck.  Has anyone else heard this?    Dawn.

>Jeffrey, in Russia a black cat is seen as the embodiment of evil. There is a
>Russian proverb which goes, "mezhdu Vami chornaya koshka pobezhala" when two
>individuals or sides are fighting with one another.


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