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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread kilkenny cats #55745 02/08/2002 12:25 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 Keiva Carpal Tunnel Keiva Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 From today's WAD; another version has the added couplet as noted: There wanst was two cats of Kilkenny Each cat thought there was one cat too many So they fought and they fit And they scratched and they bit 'Til except for their nails And some bits of their tails, instead of two cats there weren't any." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: kilkenny cats #55746 02/08/2002 6:59 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Torture of animals used to be very common at fairs, etc. And the practice of tying two cats' tails together ane hanging them on a line was very common. No clue as to how Kilkenny became name for it. I can still remember hearing about people staying at a gathering "until the last dog was hung". Thank goodness the shameful practice is rare now. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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