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If you live in the US or Canada, you've probably heard that black cats are bad luck, and that crossing paths with a black cat ...

But these tales helped establish the superstition surrounding black cats. Some tales said that the Cat Síth would try and steal the souls of those who have recently died by walking over their graves.

During the Middle Ages in Europe and the Salem witch trials, both witches and black cats were persecuted and killed together. Superstitions still persist (purr-sist?) about black cats, but there ...