1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:05,000 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Paranormal UK Radio Network, the best 2 00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:18,480 in paranormal talk radio in the UK and around the world. 3 00:00:19,399 --> 00:00:24,879 Speaker 2: Scary Era Era is the Irish or Gaelic word for Ireland. 4 00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:29,000 Paranormal means all the things that are impossible to explain 5 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:33,000 by known natural forces or by science, and Ireland is 6 00:00:33,079 --> 00:00:39,479 steep and lower ghosts, blood, sweat, tears, sacrifice, hunger, desperation 7 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:45,560 and charm. Oh and the paranormal. Welcome to Scary Era. Oh, 8 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:48,439 in the words of the late Sean Connery, we'll be 9 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:56,079 talking Porigalore today. Yes, all things cats in an Irish contextlore. 10 00:00:56,719 --> 00:01:01,200 Welcome indeed to Scary Era, Season two, Episode. 11 00:01:00,759 --> 00:01:03,640 Speaker 3: Two, Mark Manning. 12 00:01:05,799 --> 00:01:09,000 Speaker 2: This program has largely been put together today in association 13 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:12,760 with Shamous Malarkey. Who's he says you. He happens to 14 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:15,640 be a very fine author and one of his publications 15 00:01:15,719 --> 00:01:20,680 is called The Cats of Ireland, only available on Amazon 16 00:01:20,879 --> 00:01:24,239 on paperback and hardback too. Oh and if you'd like 17 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:28,879 the audiobook version, well that's also available on audible dot Com. 18 00:01:28,959 --> 00:01:32,640 Narrated by Modesty forbids me Ah, what the hell me? 19 00:01:33,359 --> 00:01:39,799 Domestic cats, big cats, They're all up for grabs today. Moggie, 20 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:44,079 mister pussy Tabby tabs your attention please. Here's a story 21 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:48,159 from the Irish Independent dated two thousand and eight. A 22 00:01:48,239 --> 00:01:51,599 large cat like animal has been spotted roaming wild clothes 23 00:01:51,599 --> 00:01:55,439 to where sheep have been mauled. Guardie, that's our police 24 00:01:55,480 --> 00:01:59,280 force are awaiting the results of laboratory tests on droppings 25 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:03,200 fans to the dead livestock to determine the identity of 26 00:02:03,239 --> 00:02:07,719 the mystery killer. Yesterday they received a photograph of the creature, 27 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:10,199 which was taken by a woman in the bally Lawn 28 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:14,199 area of Manor, Cunningham County. Duney goal ought. 29 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:15,039 Speaker 3: To be sure, to be sure. 30 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:18,400 Speaker 4: Lot was taken from a distance, so it is impossible 31 00:02:18,439 --> 00:02:20,680 to be set. But the woman who took the picture 32 00:02:20,919 --> 00:02:23,240 saw this animal up close in her garden and she 33 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:25,919 knows it wasn't a talk, so itwa wasn't. 34 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:30,039 Speaker 2: Said Superintendent Vincent O'Brien. He confirmed that guard he had 35 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:33,800 met with the local ISPCA inspector and the country's wildlife 36 00:02:33,879 --> 00:02:37,000 officer as concerns began to grow about the animal and 37 00:02:37,039 --> 00:02:39,000 how folks are going to lay on the stage. Irish 38 00:02:39,039 --> 00:02:40,759 a little bit, but there's only a bit of. 39 00:02:40,719 --> 00:02:44,400 Speaker 4: Fun come in the morning in the bottom of the evening, 40 00:02:44,439 --> 00:02:46,080 strap me to a pig and roll me in the 41 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:48,080 bud or sure to be sure, to be sure. 42 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:52,680 Speaker 2: We got dropping samples and they've been sent away for analysis, 43 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:55,120 so we're not exactly sure what kind of animal we're 44 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:58,280 dealing with. However, the sightings report that it was a 45 00:02:58,439 --> 00:03:02,000 large black cat type banimal such as a cougar, that 46 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:05,840 moved extremely fast across the fields and was noticed crawling 47 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:12,520 on its belly. He said, here's a description. He added 48 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:15,280 that the latest mystery animal did not fit the description 49 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:18,560 of another sighting in the same area a year ago. 50 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:21,039 The one last year was brown and white. It recited 51 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:23,840 a number of times and then it fizzled. Ouse this 52 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:26,680 one is described as black. We're asking people to be 53 00:03:26,759 --> 00:03:29,159 vigilant and anyone who sees it to report it to 54 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:32,280 their local gardens station. He confirmed the matter was now 55 00:03:32,319 --> 00:03:36,960 being treated extremely seriously by Guardie and a full scale 56 00:03:37,039 --> 00:03:40,360 search was underway to find the animal. Oh, we're not 57 00:03:40,439 --> 00:03:43,000 making any further comment at this stage, and we don't 58 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:45,560 want to alarm people in any way creates a panic, 59 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:49,840 he said. We'd particularly appeal to any owner of exotic 60 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:53,319 animals that may have stepped recently to contact us immediately 61 00:03:53,479 --> 00:03:56,759 as part of our inquiries. The cougar or wildcat may 62 00:03:56,800 --> 00:03:59,479 have been dumped in Duney Gold by a circus crew 63 00:03:59,719 --> 00:04:02,879 or escape from a zoo. Last year, a major hunt 64 00:04:02,879 --> 00:04:05,360 got on the way in the North for a black 65 00:04:05,439 --> 00:04:08,960 panther along the North Antrum coast, but it was called 66 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:13,919 off when it was decided the animal had disappeared into 67 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:14,759 the wild. 68 00:04:16,079 --> 00:04:16,399 Speaker 3: Yeah. 69 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:19,759 Speaker 5: Yeah, a couple of things over the years. But I've learned, 70 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:22,439 well I don't. I suppose it's not learned. I've just 71 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:24,399 become accustomed to it. And I think it's kind of 72 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:27,879 it's maybe it's another sense or something. But often when 73 00:04:27,879 --> 00:04:29,480 you go into places, you will get a feeling for 74 00:04:29,519 --> 00:04:31,759 the place, and you'll get a feeling of whether or 75 00:04:31,759 --> 00:04:34,839 not it's comfortable. And whatever cause is that. Who knows 76 00:04:34,879 --> 00:04:37,879 what causes that. But we have an intuition. We have 77 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:40,279 an inbuilt intuition. I can't describe what it is or 78 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:42,600 where it comes from, or the physics of it or 79 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:43,439 the chemistry of it. 80 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:44,160 Speaker 3: But it's there. 81 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:48,279 Speaker 5: And anybody will will tell you to stick with your intuition. 82 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:52,279 If you think something doesn't feel right, then don't hang around. 83 00:04:52,519 --> 00:04:57,480 Speaker 6: Superb advice from regular contributor to Scary Era, David McGlynn 84 00:04:57,680 --> 00:05:01,000 aka the Squire, and I don't hang around either. 85 00:05:01,399 --> 00:05:03,160 Speaker 3: If you've got an Irish. 86 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:08,920 Speaker 6: Paranormal tale to tell, simply email Paranormal Ireland at ProtonMail 87 00:05:09,079 --> 00:05:12,920 dot com and it'll be read out for you, or 88 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:17,519 you get to teleton Air yourself. That's Paranormal Island at 89 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:19,199 ProtonMail dot com. 90 00:05:19,879 --> 00:05:25,399 Speaker 2: Yes, indeed I need more interactivity, so yeah, Paranormal Island 91 00:05:25,439 --> 00:05:29,759 at ProtonMail dot com. My thanks for that earlier piece, 92 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:33,759 which was supplied with the help of Anthony Kerrigan from 93 00:05:33,879 --> 00:05:37,360 Ghost Era. Hello to Eric and Jessica there as well. 94 00:05:37,639 --> 00:05:39,839 He tells me that he has been exploring in his 95 00:05:39,959 --> 00:05:44,319 time Owen, the gat caves in County Roscommon, where apparently 96 00:05:44,879 --> 00:05:48,560 there are rumors of wildcats. It is also the place 97 00:05:48,879 --> 00:05:52,519 that Halloween first happened. I believe that the origins of 98 00:05:52,639 --> 00:05:56,360 Sowen were supposedly in those caves. If you don't agree 99 00:05:56,399 --> 00:05:59,720 with me, reach out and tell me. Antony also is 100 00:05:59,759 --> 00:06:02,600 helped full because he makes reference to he thinks he 101 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:06,000 heard of a kill a key cat in County Wicklow. Well, 102 00:06:06,120 --> 00:06:10,040 let me enlighten you folks because coincidentally, or as my 103 00:06:10,160 --> 00:06:14,480 kids used to say, quinky dink. It's covered in Shamous 104 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:17,560 Malarkey's book which a lot of our material is drawn 105 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:20,439 from on this show. And the book is called The 106 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:23,879 Cats of Ireland. You can get it on Amazon only 107 00:06:24,439 --> 00:06:28,040 in paperback or in hardback, or if you'd like the 108 00:06:28,079 --> 00:06:32,399 audio book, it's unaudible Cats of Ireland by Shamous Monarchy 109 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:38,480 and honest shamously A plug there for shamous. Right, let's 110 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:43,560 investigate this Killikey cat, the black cat of kill A 111 00:06:43,639 --> 00:06:48,839 Key House in the fair County of Wicklow can be 112 00:06:48,879 --> 00:06:53,360 found a dwelling place known as Killi Key House. In 113 00:06:53,439 --> 00:06:58,279 the late nineteen sixties, the O'Brien family decided to upgrade 114 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:02,639 the then rather repid structure into an art center and 115 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:08,879 tea room. During the renovations, a team of painters lodged 116 00:07:08,879 --> 00:07:12,040 at the house so that the work could be completed speedily. 117 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:20,040 They reported strange goings on, including seeing a black cat 118 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:26,079 the size of a large dog. Initially, the owners dismissed 119 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:31,360 the painter's accounts as delusions, tall tales inspired by a 120 00:07:31,399 --> 00:07:34,720 bit of night time tipple, or the result of tricks 121 00:07:34,759 --> 00:07:40,720 played by local mischief makers. However, in nineteen seventy, the 122 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:46,839 respected national newspaper The Irish Independent reported that Missus O'Brien 123 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:49,639 could not sleep in the house because of the weird 124 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:54,120 howling of her terrified dogs, who seemed to sense something 125 00:07:54,279 --> 00:08:00,680 nefarious afoot. Also, some mysterious force had called quite a 126 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:04,920 bit of destruction inside the house, even though a careful 127 00:08:04,959 --> 00:08:12,360 investigation uncovered no evidence that any human invaders had broken in. Subsequently, 128 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:16,360 two artists at the house saw a black cat and 129 00:08:16,399 --> 00:08:19,839 then the apparition of a three foot high man who 130 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:25,600 transformed himself into a cat. Later that decade, the owners 131 00:08:25,759 --> 00:08:29,720 exorcised the house, and as far as the occupants could 132 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:35,879 gather at that time, the ghostly cats were gone for good. Nonetheless, 133 00:08:36,559 --> 00:08:39,960 more recent reports claimed that there may have been other 134 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:45,879 spooky occurrences since then. Who knows, it could be another 135 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:50,840 phantom cat creeping around the place. I certainly wouldn't spend 136 00:08:50,879 --> 00:08:52,759 a night at kinlikey house. 137 00:08:53,399 --> 00:08:53,879 Speaker 3: Would you. 138 00:08:55,960 --> 00:08:56,039 Speaker 5: Not? 139 00:08:56,559 --> 00:09:09,919 Speaker 7: Paranormal mong Manning is real? Now, that's a scary thought. Yes, yes, 140 00:09:10,320 --> 00:09:16,759 you know. I honestly believe that cats are a portal 141 00:09:17,039 --> 00:09:23,519 to the other worldly. We all know dogs and they're 142 00:09:24,159 --> 00:09:28,080 onconditional love Love me master, Master love me. I jump 143 00:09:28,159 --> 00:09:32,120 up and down and retrieve bones for you. I'll do anything. 144 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:38,559 Whereas the cat, if you're lucky enough to have one, 145 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:43,360 they really decide who their owner is, not the other 146 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:49,200 way around. Many of them have two homes. What have 147 00:09:49,279 --> 00:09:52,320 you been up to with your pussey today? I know, 148 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:56,000 I've just come from playing with mine in the chip 149 00:09:56,039 --> 00:09:59,080 seats in the front room. You see, we have a 150 00:09:59,080 --> 00:10:02,240 bit of guide. I'm together Marvin, who's been with us 151 00:10:02,279 --> 00:10:05,200 since two thousand and nine. He's the only other guy 152 00:10:05,240 --> 00:10:08,600 in the house. So every time I look at him 153 00:10:08,639 --> 00:10:10,519 at a certain time a night and say, let's have 154 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:12,120 some guy time, Marve. 155 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:16,720 Speaker 2: He's a tuxedo cat. They're quite clever, you know. And 156 00:10:16,879 --> 00:10:19,679 we we go in and sit in my favorite chair 157 00:10:19,759 --> 00:10:21,919 and he gets up on my lap and he gets 158 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:25,360 diddled under his chin, and his coat gets rubbed, and 159 00:10:25,440 --> 00:10:28,279 he likes to stick his little head up in under 160 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:32,200 my chin, and he's a fine old beast. I do 161 00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:36,879 so love my moggie. I hope you like your moggie 162 00:10:36,879 --> 00:10:40,200 as well. And you're enjoying the pussy galore show that 163 00:10:40,279 --> 00:10:44,120 we're having here on Scary Era this time. Any who, 164 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:49,000 back to cats, we're gonna hear some more shortly from 165 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:52,799 Shamous Monarchy's book The Cats of Ireland, and we'll be 166 00:10:52,879 --> 00:10:57,320 delving into how a cat can curse you. But first 167 00:10:57,360 --> 00:11:02,399 of all, let's just free fall into some catterwalling. Yes, 168 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:08,039 you're about to hear a catastrophic recording the catterwall. Well, 169 00:11:08,279 --> 00:11:12,960 it's the noise that a cat makes when it's scared 170 00:11:14,039 --> 00:11:31,840 but prepared to fight. Let's listen in, shall we my 171 00:11:32,039 --> 00:11:36,519 cat's curse upon you? Anyone who's ever met even the 172 00:11:36,559 --> 00:11:40,440 sweetest looking tabby knows just how fearsome and on forgiving 173 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:45,000 felines can be when riled. It's not surprising that when 174 00:11:45,039 --> 00:11:48,200 the Irish wanted to curse somebody or something, they would 175 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:52,879 invoke feline ferocity. Perhaps the most direct and powerful of 176 00:11:52,919 --> 00:11:57,399 these curses blocked a cottart or the curse of my 177 00:11:57,600 --> 00:12:01,559 cat on you. This recognized the power of cats and 178 00:12:01,600 --> 00:12:08,200 their ponchon for anger and spite, and more specifically, invokes 179 00:12:08,279 --> 00:12:13,120 the ancient superstitious belief that cats had magical powers, including 180 00:12:13,159 --> 00:12:17,679 the ability to curse their foes. Another more vivid example 181 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:22,080 of the cat curse is the infernal invocation, wishing that 182 00:12:22,559 --> 00:12:28,360 gonnehe uncut who is gonnehe n jowel uncut, which translates us, 183 00:12:29,120 --> 00:12:32,679 may the cat eat you and may the devil eat 184 00:12:32,840 --> 00:12:36,639 the cat. We'd say that this one is a recipe 185 00:12:36,679 --> 00:12:41,240 for indigestional round who wants to end up a hairball 186 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:46,559 within a hair ball? However, in all good conscience, I 187 00:12:46,639 --> 00:12:50,759 must implore you to deploy these kitty cat curses with care. 188 00:12:51,799 --> 00:13:04,759 I don't want to get sued for the consequences. Welcome 189 00:13:04,799 --> 00:13:08,679 back to the palore special. Do you ever wake up 190 00:13:08,720 --> 00:13:12,320 some mornings and just feel like going ah? I know, 191 00:13:12,399 --> 00:13:17,480 I do, ah, I'm doing it again now remember in 192 00:13:17,639 --> 00:13:23,000 big yellow, orange fluorescent letters, My friend, if you are 193 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:26,039 listening to Scary Era and you like it and it 194 00:13:26,159 --> 00:13:31,440 resonates with you, hey, can you share it? Please tell 195 00:13:31,559 --> 00:13:34,399 your friends it's good yours release. It's by the cyrus 196 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:37,600 kycard bright many. It's called Scary Era, paranormous Stiff, supernatural Stiff. 197 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:39,879 They're really excited about it. Wad tell any friends quick, 198 00:13:40,039 --> 00:13:44,240 anybody who's got a paranormal sweet tooth perhaps, And the 199 00:13:44,320 --> 00:13:46,960 other thing you can do, of course, is email your 200 00:13:47,080 --> 00:13:52,440 own ghostly paranormal supernatural experiences to me. Although we're Scary 201 00:13:52,519 --> 00:13:55,679 Era Scary Island doesn't necessary mean I don't want to 202 00:13:55,759 --> 00:13:58,279 hear from the rest of the world. Yes, a little 203 00:13:58,360 --> 00:14:01,960 international interlude is. It's very welcome at times, so don't 204 00:14:02,039 --> 00:14:05,080 let that put you off. Write this down. It's a 205 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:09,879 good one. Paranormal Island at ProtonMail dot com. 206 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:13,440 Speaker 3: Paranormal Island at dot com. 207 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:16,799 Speaker 2: Good old Oh, would you come up with something more 208 00:14:16,879 --> 00:14:20,000 original than get out? You hear that in every single 209 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:24,200 blooming scary movies since the nineteen thirties, And we're not 210 00:14:24,240 --> 00:14:27,639 going to say anymore on the subject. Anthony Kerrigan from 211 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:31,720 ghost Era had outdone himself this week in helping me 212 00:14:31,840 --> 00:14:35,600 put together the show because he supplied some material and 213 00:14:35,679 --> 00:14:38,039 I really appreciated it because I was all over the 214 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:41,759 place this week in the world of voiceovers. So Anthony, 215 00:14:41,879 --> 00:14:44,200 thanks again, mate, I owe you one. So he supplied 216 00:14:44,279 --> 00:14:46,720 me with something I'm going to share with you now. 217 00:14:46,759 --> 00:14:49,279 It's an article from a local paper called The West 218 00:14:49,399 --> 00:14:52,480 Cork People. It dates from last year January to be 219 00:14:52,559 --> 00:14:55,320 precise of twenty twenty four, and it was written by 220 00:14:55,919 --> 00:14:59,279 Eugene Daily. So here we go. The prominent role of 221 00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:03,320 kats in Irish folklore. A traditional Irish greeting on entering 222 00:15:03,360 --> 00:15:08,799 a house was God save all here except the cat girdld, 223 00:15:09,679 --> 00:15:12,759 on account of its association with the devil. Despite this, 224 00:15:13,039 --> 00:15:15,080 it was believed to be lucky for a stray cat 225 00:15:15,399 --> 00:15:18,639 to enter the house. Many of the superstitions concerned the 226 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:22,799 cat's supposed sixth sense. In County Claire, it was thought 227 00:15:22,840 --> 00:15:26,000 to be looked at fixedly by a cat after it 228 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:29,320 had washed its face was a sign of approaching marriage. 229 00:15:29,679 --> 00:15:33,000 On the other hand, or love as we say in Irish, 230 00:15:33,240 --> 00:15:37,039 to be looked at fixedly by a cat except after 231 00:15:37,440 --> 00:15:41,279 washing its face, or i as we say in Irish, 232 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:45,320 was an omen of sickness or death. To dream of 233 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:49,519 a cat foretold an enemy. To dream of a doggie 234 00:15:50,159 --> 00:15:54,440 a friend. In Ireland, generally a purring cat or a 235 00:15:54,559 --> 00:15:56,960 cat with its back to the fire was a sign 236 00:15:57,039 --> 00:16:00,519 of rain. Another belief was that it was a nomen 237 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:02,879 of bad luck if a cat caught a mouse and 238 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:06,320 allowed it to escape for no reason. In Limerick, it 239 00:16:06,559 --> 00:16:10,039 was thought that putting a cat under a pot brought 240 00:16:10,159 --> 00:16:13,200 bad weather, and it was apparently a common practice among 241 00:16:13,279 --> 00:16:16,639 sailors wives in order to keep their men at home. 242 00:16:17,600 --> 00:16:21,720 Black cats are considered the most powerful in terms of 243 00:16:21,879 --> 00:16:25,200 magic and superstition. It was considered lucky to have a 244 00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:28,000 black cat cross your path on you Year's Eve, and 245 00:16:28,360 --> 00:16:34,279 if a black cat comes into the house on Christmas night, Bengo, hallelujah, 246 00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:37,919 the inhabitants will have a great look for the coming year. 247 00:16:38,559 --> 00:16:40,879 Many people consider it lucky to have a black cat 248 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:43,120 cross the road in front of them, or to come 249 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:46,240 upon a black cat unexpectedly. I have to just share 250 00:16:46,279 --> 00:16:49,200 my own personal experience of this. My beloved wife and 251 00:16:49,360 --> 00:16:52,679 I regularly go walking and there's an area we walk through, 252 00:16:53,120 --> 00:16:57,000 and every so often we are greeted by this real 253 00:16:57,200 --> 00:16:59,879 friendly Don't you just love it when they're friendly and trusting? 254 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:03,840 A big and he's big, a big black cat, almost 255 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:07,039 long hair, but he's a big tuxedo cat, and he's 256 00:17:07,119 --> 00:17:10,079 beautiful and he's friendly. And I have no idea what 257 00:17:10,240 --> 00:17:13,240 his name is. But when he plots his way towards us, 258 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:17,240 going yaom yoom me old pals, We're so delighted me, 259 00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:19,480 especially because I always I want to really pick him 260 00:17:19,519 --> 00:17:21,480 up and hug him. He's like he's the size of 261 00:17:21,960 --> 00:17:25,680 a big baby. Excuse me, I got carried away. 262 00:17:25,720 --> 00:17:25,880 Speaker 1: There. 263 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:30,160 Speaker 2: Many folk tales about cats emphasize that they have a wild, 264 00:17:30,759 --> 00:17:35,599 untrustworthy nature, even the fully domesticated pets. A very popular 265 00:17:35,680 --> 00:17:39,799 story concerns the death of the King of the cats. 266 00:17:40,880 --> 00:17:43,680 The story goes that a man out traveling met a 267 00:17:43,880 --> 00:17:48,160 huge cat, which, unlike my friendly one, attacked him, and 268 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:53,599 which with difficulty he managed to kill. As it lay dying, 269 00:17:54,680 --> 00:18:01,200 the cat told him that, yeah, I'm the King of 270 00:18:01,279 --> 00:18:06,839 the cats, now expiry. On his return home, the man 271 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:09,559 told his wife how he had killed the King of 272 00:18:09,640 --> 00:18:13,480 the cats. Hearing this, the couple's domestic cat, which had 273 00:18:13,559 --> 00:18:17,079 been sleeping by the fire, leaped up and attack the man, 274 00:18:17,680 --> 00:18:23,720 shrinking his claws into his throat, killing him. Now apparently, 275 00:18:23,960 --> 00:18:26,559 in some versions of this story, the man manages to 276 00:18:26,599 --> 00:18:29,599 fight the cat off look at him. Well, let's all 277 00:18:29,720 --> 00:18:32,839 get serious panties here now for a while, in case 278 00:18:32,920 --> 00:18:35,839 say we get a bit too carried away with entertaining people. 279 00:18:36,480 --> 00:18:40,400 You see, cats appear in quite a few Irish proverbs, 280 00:18:41,039 --> 00:18:44,640 and a few examples are it's arrahon fane a yenin 281 00:18:44,720 --> 00:18:49,000 uncut cronon, which means it's for her own good that 282 00:18:49,160 --> 00:18:57,079 the cat purrs, trivua uncut ryar chistilla sul naklishi uginst 283 00:18:57,160 --> 00:19:02,160 jarmud minau on tea, fortunes of the cat, keen, sight 284 00:19:02,279 --> 00:19:08,519 in darkness, walking without sound, and the housewife's forgetfulness. My 285 00:19:08,640 --> 00:19:11,519 wife doesn't suffer from that. She will remember everything. She's 286 00:19:11,559 --> 00:19:15,400 like an elephant, not physically. If you're listening, you're very petite. 287 00:19:15,759 --> 00:19:19,240 It's just your memory anyway, enough trouble as it is. Okay, okay, 288 00:19:19,599 --> 00:19:21,720 don't remember what I did last week. Just don't. Don't. 289 00:19:21,759 --> 00:19:24,319 Don't keep reminding me. I will fit the toilet seat. 290 00:19:24,440 --> 00:19:26,920 I will with a new toilet seat. It's been sitting 291 00:19:27,559 --> 00:19:30,759 right for about two weeks. You're gone, erv You're goone 292 00:19:31,079 --> 00:19:35,519 A dip uncut on scud on bit by bit the 293 00:19:35,720 --> 00:19:39,000 cat ate the herring, which I suppose means take things 294 00:19:39,079 --> 00:19:43,960 bit by bit. Poco a poco near youig shankat rivehyane 295 00:19:44,559 --> 00:19:50,079 an old cat never burned itself, emphasizing the value of experience. Oh, 296 00:19:50,440 --> 00:19:53,640 I said that like Captain Kirk oh oh, Scottie just 297 00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:57,279 shut his ears off with a phaser. Another well known 298 00:19:57,359 --> 00:20:01,720 proverb is brittan on ducas tree, you have uncut nature 299 00:20:01,759 --> 00:20:04,759 breaks out through the eyes of the cat. This proverb 300 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:07,759 is illustrated by an old Irish tale about a man 301 00:20:07,799 --> 00:20:10,599 who had his cat so well trained that it would 302 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:14,880 hold that it would hold a candle for him while 303 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:18,039 he read. A visiting poor scholar bet the man that 304 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:20,720 he could make the cat drop the candle. The man 305 00:20:20,839 --> 00:20:23,759 of the house took on the bet accordingly. He returned 306 00:20:23,799 --> 00:20:26,720 some time later and released a mouse that ran across 307 00:20:27,119 --> 00:20:29,559 the table in front of the cat. Usually they don't 308 00:20:29,599 --> 00:20:32,720 run a scuttle, don't they like a mouse kind of scuttles. 309 00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:35,400 The cat's eyes were riveted on the mouse, but it 310 00:20:35,559 --> 00:20:39,319 continued to hold the candle. A tenacious cat, you might say. 311 00:20:39,839 --> 00:20:43,519 The scholar released another mouse with the same result. But 312 00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:47,720 the third time he released a mouse, the diligent moggi 313 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:52,640 couldn't contain itself no longer, flinging aside the candle and 314 00:20:52,759 --> 00:20:58,960 flinging aside safety. I'd imagine it gave chase. The moral 315 00:20:59,039 --> 00:21:01,559 of both. The proverb bound the tail is that nothing 316 00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:05,640 can conceal its true nature completely, like I suppose a 317 00:21:05,720 --> 00:21:09,039 leopard never changes its spots. Another well known one is 318 00:21:12,160 --> 00:21:14,640 what would the young cat do but kill a mouse? 319 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:15,799 Speaker 7: I e. 320 00:21:16,799 --> 00:21:21,200 Speaker 2: Like father, like son. Oh, the old apple doesn't roll 321 00:21:21,319 --> 00:21:23,559 far from the tree you can tell them having fun. 322 00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:26,680 It's been a long day. The most famous Irish proverb 323 00:21:26,759 --> 00:21:30,440 about cats describes those who would quarrel to the bitter end, 324 00:21:31,240 --> 00:21:36,160 fighting like Kilkenny cats. According to legend, the name arose 325 00:21:36,240 --> 00:21:39,799 when Hessian soldiers were quartered in kil Kenny during the 326 00:21:39,880 --> 00:21:43,880 seventeen ninety eight rebellion. They amused themselves the cruel Sods 327 00:21:44,160 --> 00:21:47,720 by tying two cats together by their tails and throwing 328 00:21:47,799 --> 00:21:51,200 them over a line to fight for the warning. Their 329 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:55,359 commanding officer disapproved of this practice and bandit rightly so, 330 00:21:56,119 --> 00:21:59,359 but it continued in secret. One day, as a fight 331 00:21:59,519 --> 00:22:02,759 was in program, As the soldiers heard an officer approaching. 332 00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:04,559 Speaker 3: Silence spread tomsica. 333 00:22:04,839 --> 00:22:07,240 Speaker 2: One of the soldiers cut down the cats with his sword, 334 00:22:07,519 --> 00:22:12,759 leaving only their tails. The officer inquired as to the cotscorm. 335 00:22:13,079 --> 00:22:16,279 The soldier replied that they had devoured each other so 336 00:22:16,519 --> 00:22:20,160 furious was there fighting, and that only their tails remained. 337 00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:24,680 The true origin of the story, however, most likely lies 338 00:22:24,799 --> 00:22:28,839 in Cokenny history. Speaking as a Cocainey man, that's all 339 00:22:29,079 --> 00:22:32,440 news to me, or should I say mules to me? 340 00:22:33,799 --> 00:22:36,160 I suppose you're expecting me to go all paranormal and 341 00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:39,200 egg headed, well, it's kind of light for now. I'm 342 00:22:39,279 --> 00:22:42,440 just going to keep a light and interesting. A regular 343 00:22:42,559 --> 00:22:46,160 feature of Irish myths is that people turn or are 344 00:22:46,279 --> 00:22:51,319 turned into cats. According to one legend, the goddess Cleona, 345 00:22:51,720 --> 00:22:56,680 associated with County Cork and particularly with Glendore, turned her 346 00:22:56,839 --> 00:23:00,680 sister Evil into a white cat sow. She did because 347 00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:04,559 they were both in love with the same chieftain. Kleona 348 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:08,160 married the chieftain oh Keef, and they lived happily together 349 00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:13,519 for a long time. Eventually, however, the chieftain found out 350 00:23:13,559 --> 00:23:20,599 the truth and demanded that Cleona restore her sister's human shape. Unfortunately, 351 00:23:21,319 --> 00:23:24,480 it was too late to do anything, and in his rage, 352 00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:30,599 the chieftain banished Cleona from his sight. I think it 353 00:23:30,680 --> 00:23:33,200 was just an excuse myself. He probably had his eye 354 00:23:33,279 --> 00:23:37,440 on another Colleen. In closing, the cat has always had 355 00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:42,039 an ambiguous reputation in myth and folklore. That's pretty good 356 00:23:42,079 --> 00:23:44,599 of me, because most Irish people can't say myth, they 357 00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:48,200 say myt in mit and folklore. On the one hand, 358 00:23:48,319 --> 00:23:50,799 it is the playful and useful companion of a man 359 00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:54,400 and widely thought of with affection and respect. On the 360 00:23:54,519 --> 00:23:58,480 other hand, what did an Irish love. That's correct, Well done, 361 00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:03,039 you were listening. It's cool independent nature. Ruthlet's skill in 362 00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:06,880 hunting and links to nighttime and the dark have often 363 00:24:07,039 --> 00:24:10,920 caused it to be regarded with suspicion and even persecuted 364 00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:15,119 as an animal of witchcraft and magic. You know, we 365 00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:18,160 had a witch on a Scary Era very early on 366 00:24:18,279 --> 00:24:21,240 in the series, or a lovely lady Yvonne Lawton, I 367 00:24:21,319 --> 00:24:24,119 think from yall, and she's a real witch. And she 368 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:27,359 didn't like cats. Yes, she didn't like them at all. 369 00:24:27,519 --> 00:24:29,759 She said, I don't like their the way they do 370 00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:32,920 that out pouring noise. Oh I like the pouring noise. 371 00:24:33,039 --> 00:24:38,319 I find it very hmmm, very soothing. And apparently scientists 372 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:42,720 don't really know how the cat purrs. Supposedly it's to 373 00:24:42,839 --> 00:24:46,000 do do with their blood heating up or something. That's 374 00:24:46,039 --> 00:24:48,920 what I read. Anyway, I'd like to thank you, Eugene 375 00:24:49,079 --> 00:24:52,240 Daily for that. You're a retired primary teacher I see 376 00:24:52,279 --> 00:24:56,599 here in West Cork and you put your learning skills 377 00:24:56,640 --> 00:24:59,519 to good use. Thank you for bringing that into class, Eugene, 378 00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:04,559 Thanks you, you big lick. And now to change the mood, 379 00:25:04,599 --> 00:25:08,160 a little cherished listener of Scary Era I want to 380 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:12,000 share with you another personal story of mine, cat related. 381 00:25:12,599 --> 00:25:17,200 I mentioned Marvin earlier on our beloved cat, who some 382 00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:20,920 twenty five feet away from me right now is ensconced 383 00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:23,920 in his basket. When he arrived here in two thousand 384 00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:28,480 and nine, he came along with a brother. Now Marvin 385 00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:31,920 is a tuxedo cat, but his brother was a beautiful, 386 00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:39,200 big tabby cat called Professor Puss. And Professor Puss, you know, 387 00:25:39,839 --> 00:25:41,720 he was great with the kids, and they were only 388 00:25:41,799 --> 00:25:42,559 kids back then. 389 00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:43,480 Speaker 3: He was. 390 00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:45,359 Speaker 2: You could pick them up any time of the day 391 00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:48,880 and he'd enjoy a snuggle. He was always amenable to that. 392 00:25:49,759 --> 00:25:52,599 He was a darling. And he had a habit of 393 00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:56,359 going up to a converted attic we have. It's converted 394 00:25:56,400 --> 00:25:59,799 into a bedroom, kind of a guest room, and he'd 395 00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:01,920 plunk himself under the. 396 00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:02,720 Speaker 3: Bed up there. 397 00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:06,200 Speaker 2: Now most of us knew that's where his heidi hole was, 398 00:26:06,319 --> 00:26:09,640 but not everybody, did you see. And one night, when 399 00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:13,799 my wife had a lot of her girlfriends over, some 400 00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:17,720 of whom were staying, she said to me, Mark, will 401 00:26:17,759 --> 00:26:20,240 you go up and make sure Professor Puss is out 402 00:26:20,279 --> 00:26:23,640 from under the bed upstairs in case he freaks out 403 00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:24,759 any of the girls. 404 00:26:26,079 --> 00:26:26,720 Speaker 3: So I did. 405 00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:30,720 Speaker 2: And I have to say, to my shame, I used 406 00:26:30,759 --> 00:26:33,440 to have this habit of when I take him out 407 00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:35,640 from under his bed and we were going down this 408 00:26:35,799 --> 00:26:38,799 little stairs that led up to the attic room, I 409 00:26:38,920 --> 00:26:41,079 used to just, you know, the divil in me, as 410 00:26:41,119 --> 00:26:44,119 we say in Ireland, would just dangle them only fleetingly. 411 00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:46,400 Now I used to just dangle them over the banister 412 00:26:46,559 --> 00:26:48,480 as I was bringing him down. And he didn't like 413 00:26:48,599 --> 00:26:52,000 that kind of go And as I said, it was 414 00:26:52,039 --> 00:26:56,279 just a nasty moment in me, it was never really cruel. 415 00:26:56,319 --> 00:26:58,400 It was just what it was, kind of like Michael 416 00:26:58,519 --> 00:27:01,400 Jackson the time he dangled kid out the hotel window. 417 00:27:01,440 --> 00:27:03,599 It wasn't even as serious as that. But anyway, I 418 00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:09,599 got my silly kicks doing that. And this particular night 419 00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:13,680 I retrieved him from under the bed. It was a dirty, 420 00:27:13,759 --> 00:27:16,599 old wet Friday night. I distinctly remember the rain was 421 00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:20,000 hammering on the attic window as I as I took 422 00:27:20,079 --> 00:27:22,799 him down, and of course I did my silly thing 423 00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:29,200 of dangling him just briefly over the banister. Nothing whereas 424 00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:37,880 i'd normally get her. Wow, nothing at all, no reaction whatsoever. 425 00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:40,200 Speaker 7: I did it again. 426 00:27:41,119 --> 00:27:41,839 Speaker 3: No reaction. 427 00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:49,640 Speaker 2: Professor Puss just dangled in my arms, and I said, oh, 428 00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:53,599 that's strange, Puss. I hope you're okay, gave him a snuggle, 429 00:27:54,119 --> 00:27:59,720 took him downstairs. Professor Puss was killed by a car 430 00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:06,799 that night. It was almost like he knew, like he 431 00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:09,960 was saying to me, go on, see if I care 432 00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:17,359 you and your little puerile prank. I'm destined for somewhere else. 433 00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:20,920 This cat's nine lives. 434 00:28:21,319 --> 00:28:30,359 Speaker 7: Were about to expire, to expire, to expire, to expire. 435 00:28:36,119 --> 00:28:41,519 Speaker 8: Professor Puss in the cataverse, I wonder can you hear 436 00:28:41,599 --> 00:28:45,839 me now, all these years later through the ether? 437 00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:51,599 Speaker 3: I'm sorry, I'm so sorry. 438 00:28:54,039 --> 00:28:55,960 Speaker 8: If I had known m. 439 00:29:00,759 --> 00:29:27,039 Speaker 3: Please forgive me. Mark Manning, are you okay? Good? 440 00:29:28,079 --> 00:29:33,319 Speaker 2: Well, settle back down in your pajamas, nice necklacee or whatever. 441 00:29:34,359 --> 00:29:38,319 I've recently started to wear pajamas, having years of just 442 00:29:38,480 --> 00:29:42,400 being in my boxer shorts. Yeah, I took to the pajamas. 443 00:29:42,799 --> 00:29:45,799 Now that I'm of a certain age, shall you stay 444 00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:50,319 here for more good I'll be taking my leave of 445 00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:54,839 you shortly, but first these few and we'll finish up 446 00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:59,960 on a maritime story. Taken from Seamous Malarkey's Cats of Ireland. 447 00:30:00,559 --> 00:30:04,160 He really helped us out tonight, available in paperback and 448 00:30:04,319 --> 00:30:09,160 hardback on Amazon and in audiobook form on Audible. Right 449 00:30:09,279 --> 00:30:12,920 that's enough for him. So more about cats and Ireland 450 00:30:13,519 --> 00:30:18,079 right now? How about this one? Of course, we have 451 00:30:18,279 --> 00:30:22,119 to have lepp Castle in here. The Demon Cat of 452 00:30:22,519 --> 00:30:27,640 lepp Castle, County Offaly. One of Ireland's most haunted locations. 453 00:30:28,279 --> 00:30:31,559 Lepp Castle is said to be home to a malevolent 454 00:30:31,799 --> 00:30:38,920 entity known as the Elemental, a shadowy foul smelling presents. However, 455 00:30:39,279 --> 00:30:44,640 another spectral residence is a phantom black cat. Witnesses have 456 00:30:44,799 --> 00:30:51,119 reported seeing a large, ghostly cat prowling the halls, particularly 457 00:30:51,319 --> 00:30:55,680 near the castle's bloody chapel. Some believe it is a 458 00:30:55,759 --> 00:31:01,119 familiar spirit tied to dark occult practices from the castle's 459 00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:06,079 violent past. Others claim it appears as an omen before 460 00:31:06,319 --> 00:31:12,599 tragic events. On to my home county now. The Cursed 461 00:31:12,759 --> 00:31:17,880 Cat of Kilkenny a cat cat cattle, the witch's familiar. 462 00:31:18,519 --> 00:31:23,119 In Kilkenny, a city with a strong witch trial history, 463 00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:27,000 there's a legend of a witch's black cat that still 464 00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:32,559 haunts the streets. According to folklore, a woman accused of 465 00:31:32,680 --> 00:31:38,480 witchcraft in the sixteenth or seventeenth century was executed, but 466 00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:44,240 her cat, said to be her familiar spirit, escaped and 467 00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:49,559 was never caught. Locals claim that on certain nights a large, 468 00:31:50,440 --> 00:31:54,480 glowing eyed cat can be seen darting through alleyways near 469 00:31:54,559 --> 00:31:58,720 Kilkenny Castle. Some say it brings misfortune to those who 470 00:31:58,799 --> 00:32:05,680 see it, or how about this from County Limerick. The 471 00:32:05,799 --> 00:32:11,519 Phantom Cats of Locker. Locker is one of Ireland's most 472 00:32:11,759 --> 00:32:18,920 mystical sights, linked to fairies, ancient deities and shape shifting spirits. 473 00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:23,279 Among its many legends is the tale of the yach 474 00:32:23,599 --> 00:32:27,839 Ishka water horse, but less known is the story of 475 00:32:27,960 --> 00:32:33,359 phantom cats seen near the lakes standing Stones or now 476 00:32:33,519 --> 00:32:38,920 The locals claim that a dusk, ghostly gray cats appear 477 00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:48,319 near Nokadoon Hill or the Giant's Grave, watching silently before vanishing. 478 00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:55,400 Some believe they are fairy cats, cat sirka, guardians of 479 00:32:55,519 --> 00:32:58,880 the other world. Others say they are the spirits of 480 00:32:59,039 --> 00:33:04,519 sacred cats kept by the lake's ancient inhabitants, possibly linked 481 00:33:04,759 --> 00:33:08,759 to the pre Celtic goddess Aya, who is said to 482 00:33:08,880 --> 00:33:13,440 take feline form. And sure we'll take a danter now 483 00:33:13,640 --> 00:33:18,240 down to dirty old Dublin and her tears about the 484 00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:24,000 black Cat of Saint Micken's Crypt. Beneath Saint Micken's Church 485 00:33:24,119 --> 00:33:29,039 in Dublin lies a haunted crypt filled with mummified remains, 486 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:37,039 including the infamous Crusader and the Thief. But another unsettling 487 00:33:37,160 --> 00:33:41,720 presence reported here is a black, spectral cat that lurks 488 00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:47,319 in the shadows. Visitors and staff have described feeling something 489 00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:51,200 brush against their legs, only to turn and see glowing 490 00:33:51,319 --> 00:33:57,680 feline eyes in the darkness before it disappears. Some speculate 491 00:33:57,799 --> 00:34:02,680 it's a guardian spirit tied to the crypt's eerie energy, 492 00:34:04,039 --> 00:34:07,200 while others think it may be a lost familiar from 493 00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:13,599 Dublin's darker occult past. Speaking of those fairy cats, the 494 00:34:13,719 --> 00:34:18,320 cat Seether of Irish folklore, though not tied to a 495 00:34:18,400 --> 00:34:23,039 single location, the cat seeth fairy cat is a creature 496 00:34:23,119 --> 00:34:27,360 from Scottish and Irish mythology, a large black cat with 497 00:34:27,519 --> 00:34:30,320 a white spot on its chest, believed to be a 498 00:34:30,360 --> 00:34:35,000 witch in disguise or a fairy taking feline form. It 499 00:34:35,199 --> 00:34:39,000 was said to steal souls by passing over a corpse 500 00:34:39,159 --> 00:34:45,159 before burial, leading to the tradition of late wakes, feasting 501 00:34:45,239 --> 00:34:51,000 and games to distract the cat's seether. Right, I shall 502 00:34:51,199 --> 00:34:56,599 join you shortly to finish with that aforementioned maritime cat story. 503 00:34:57,400 --> 00:35:01,960 Speaker 5: But first, the Squire, Yeah, a couple of things over 504 00:35:02,039 --> 00:35:04,920 the years. But I've learned, well, I don't. I suppose 505 00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:07,159 it's not learned. I've just become accustomed to it. And 506 00:35:07,239 --> 00:35:10,079 I think it's kind of it's it's maybe it's another 507 00:35:10,199 --> 00:35:12,239 sense or something. But often when you go into places, 508 00:35:12,280 --> 00:35:13,920 you will get a feeling for the place, and you'll 509 00:35:13,960 --> 00:35:16,559 get a feeling of whether or not it's comfortable. And 510 00:35:16,679 --> 00:35:19,599 whatever cause is that, who knows what causes that. But 511 00:35:20,239 --> 00:35:22,800 we have an intuition. We have an inbuilt intuition. I 512 00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:24,599 can't describe what it is or where it comes from, 513 00:35:24,760 --> 00:35:26,960 or the physics of it or the chemistry of it, 514 00:35:27,199 --> 00:35:30,320 but it's there, and anybody will will tell you to 515 00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:33,960 stick with your intuition. If you think something doesn't feel right, 516 00:35:34,039 --> 00:35:35,559 then don't hang around. 517 00:35:36,159 --> 00:35:40,960 Speaker 6: Superb advice from regular contributor to scary Er David McGlynn 518 00:35:41,360 --> 00:35:45,480 aka The Squire, and don't hang around either. If you've 519 00:35:45,559 --> 00:35:50,719 got an Irish paranormal tale to tell, simply email Paranormal 520 00:35:50,840 --> 00:35:55,039 Ireland at proton male dot com and it'll be read 521 00:35:55,079 --> 00:35:57,360 out for you before you get to tell it. 522 00:35:57,480 --> 00:35:58,280 Speaker 3: On air yourself. 523 00:35:59,159 --> 00:36:02,679 Speaker 6: That's Paranormal Ireland at ProtonMail dot com. 524 00:36:03,400 --> 00:36:07,039 Speaker 2: Wow you made it. Welcome back to the grand finale 525 00:36:07,599 --> 00:36:15,639 of today's Katarama Katathon porre thing. Now get the picture. 526 00:36:16,159 --> 00:36:18,280 I did say we'd finish up on a maritime, a 527 00:36:18,519 --> 00:36:21,719 sea story all about cats. So how about this one? 528 00:36:22,159 --> 00:36:23,639 Black cats and shipwrecks. 529 00:36:24,039 --> 00:36:25,000 Speaker 3: It's a true story. 530 00:36:25,360 --> 00:36:28,400 Speaker 2: When Oscar the Black Cat died at an old sailor's 531 00:36:28,440 --> 00:36:32,159 home in Belfast, Northern Ireland, you might be forgiven for 532 00:36:32,360 --> 00:36:35,679 supposing there was nothing unusual about the passing of one 533 00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:40,920 modest little member of feline kind. Yet this unassuming cat 534 00:36:41,400 --> 00:36:45,119 had a long and most unique marine career behind him. 535 00:36:45,320 --> 00:36:49,079 You see, the remarkable Oscar had used up quite a 536 00:36:49,199 --> 00:36:53,480 few of his lives escaping from sinking ships. First, this 537 00:36:53,679 --> 00:36:59,320 kitty found himself aboard the Bismarck, a German battleship charged 538 00:36:59,440 --> 00:37:02,679 with attacking Allied ships as they brought supplies across the 539 00:37:02,840 --> 00:37:06,719 North Atlantic sea route during World War II. Desperate to 540 00:37:06,840 --> 00:37:10,360 eliminate the threat posed by the Bismarck, the Allies attacked 541 00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:15,519 and eventually sank it. However, lucky Catoscar narrowly escaped a 542 00:37:15,639 --> 00:37:20,239 watery grave when the British vessel HMS Cossack plucked the 543 00:37:20,400 --> 00:37:25,079 knackert tabby from the sea. Amazed at the cat's survival skills, 544 00:37:25,320 --> 00:37:30,360 his new crew named him Unsinkable Sam. Apparently unsatisfied with 545 00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:34,280 his new home, Sam escaped yet again and chose a 546 00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:39,559 new home aboard the British HMS arc Royal. However, while 547 00:37:39,679 --> 00:37:43,159 Sam had proved himself unsinkable, the boat beneath his wee 548 00:37:43,360 --> 00:37:47,519 paws wasn't so buoyant. Less than a month later, that 549 00:37:47,800 --> 00:37:52,639 vessel was in turn torpedoed and sank on cannoy. The 550 00:37:52,719 --> 00:37:56,239 lucky kitty escaped drowning, and this time it was the 551 00:37:56,360 --> 00:37:59,679 crew of the British ship HMS Legion who scooped him 552 00:37:59,719 --> 00:38:04,119 out of the water. After that, Oscar aka Sam the 553 00:38:04,239 --> 00:38:08,280 Unsinkables seafaring days, whereover he spent the rest of his 554 00:38:08,440 --> 00:38:12,559 existence on dry land, purring like a steam engine in 555 00:38:12,679 --> 00:38:16,760 the Emerald Dial. We're pretty confident that the Navy was 556 00:38:16,840 --> 00:38:21,440 glad to not attract any more lousy look from Oscar's presence. 557 00:38:25,960 --> 00:38:28,960 And on that happy note, darlings, thank you for joining 558 00:38:29,119 --> 00:38:33,280 scary eras cat special. Now. Remember, if you like this 559 00:38:33,480 --> 00:38:35,760 show and you want to get in touch with us 560 00:38:36,039 --> 00:38:41,559 for whatever paranormal reason, do so by emailing Paranormal Ireland 561 00:38:42,039 --> 00:38:44,639 at ProtonMail dot com. 562 00:38:45,280 --> 00:38:50,559 Speaker 3: What's that, Paranormal Ireland at proton bool dot com. 563 00:38:51,360 --> 00:38:54,400 Speaker 2: That's the one and my thanks as always to Paranormal 564 00:38:54,559 --> 00:38:59,920 UK Radio Network for hosting this irishman me Mark Manning 565 00:39:00,599 --> 00:39:07,199 and his bizarre, unique way of addressing the paranormal. Yah'll 566 00:39:07,239 --> 00:39:11,519 be good now, see you next time on your scary 567 00:39:11,679 --> 00:39:14,800 era st