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kilkenny cats (kil-KEN-ee kats) noun People who fight relentlessly till their end. [From a pair of proverbial cats in Kilkenny who fought till only their tails were left.] According to a story, some people in the town of Kilkenny in Ireland enjoyed tying the tails of two cats and watching them fight till only their tales were left behind. Most likely the story is a parable of a contest between Kilkenny and Irishtown, two municipalities which fought about their boundaries till little more than their tails were left. Here is a popular limerick (another word that takes its origins from the name of an Irish town) about the cats: "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 instead of two cats there weren't any." OUCH poor kitty kots......but an interesting word and interesting origins. wonder if we have any MB member from Kilkenny? |
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Neat-o... 'Ah. Typical Irishman. Bringing a cat to a dogfight.' |
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ouch......really........ehhehe *decides i don't wanna visit ireland ;0)* |
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Those poor cats were probably lucky, compared to what happened to their forerunners during the Black Plague... |
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i woulda thought they woulda had a field day eating the rats during the black plague....no? or did peepz think that they were carriers of the disease? |
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No. Cats were considered instrument of... THE DEVIL (tm)! So cats were generally killed in great quantities, especially in urban areas. When mice came with plague germs, there weren't any predators to get between them and a comfortable life in those dirty, filthy cities. The rats boomed, as did their fleas... as did the Black Plague, wiping out a 1/3 of Europe in the late 14th century. And now you know the rest of the story... Good day! |
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ahahhaha thanks paul harvey =0) makes sense......they FAMILIARS (of ze WITCHES) were killed and BOOM down came da plague..... |
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BUMP so a fellow CAT person can see this! =0) |
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meow :) that's really the word of every day, at least for cats :) |
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tis true...... one of my cats was sprayed by the neighborhood SKUNK last night....he was throwing up and getting sick. it was very sad =/ he's better today but i don't know how to get the skunk smell off him....he won't let me wash him. my poor kitty kot |
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My Izzy-Boo Wicca, who too curious for her own good sometimes, got nailed a few months ago. She was down for a week, but eventually recovered. She doesn't bother them now. Woodchucks on the other hand...;.) |
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evil skunk :( our cats are just growing everyday. soon they'll be big enough to be let out :) thank god there aren't any skunks in my neighbourhood. only silly poodles trimmed by their mid-class owner ladies :) |
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soon some cat hater will come trolling us again :( :(( people suck. |
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awww i wanna see pic's of ya'lls kitty kots!! i have endless photo's of mine....sleeping....laying around....ehhehe i'm relieved. i called the vet this morning to make sure he'll be ok...and he said yes. just to make sure his eyes are ok. and they seem to be. but it was terrible him throwing up last night all over. i'm calling animal patrol to remove the skunk.....he keeps spraying....i don't want him killed but just relocated....=0) |
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Oh, my cats can take care of themselves....;.) Pictures...erm..I'll have to work on that...:./ |
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i'll be putting up a whole website of my "family" soon :) my little black one is trying to get into trouble all the time :) today she insisted going in the shower with me, but she really doesn't understand that she'll get all wet there. so she freaked totally and started rampaging around the house, and in result she bumped with one of the guys, went meowwww very sadly and sulked for an hour. it really isn't her day. |
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Kilkenny is certainly worth a visit if you're traveling in that part of Ireland. Sadly the local beer is not quite as good as it used to be! |
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there seems to be a bit of favouritism towards words involving anything Irish.. |
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Space Ghost: (with Irish accent) This one's for me mum. (invisos to center stage, with spotlight, and begins to sing): It seems like only yesterday, I sailed from out of Cork. A wanderer from old Erin's Isle, I landed in New York. There wasn't a soul to greet me there, A stranger on your shore. But Irish luck was with me here, And riches came galore. And now I'm going back again To dear old Erin's Isle. My friends will meet me on the pier And greet me with a smile. Their faces I've almost forgot, I've been so long away. But me mother will introduce them all, And this to me she'll say. Shake hands with your Uncle Mike, me boy, And here's your sister Kate. And there's the girl you used to swing Down by the garden gate. Shake hands with all of the neighbors, And kiss the colleens all, You're as welcome as the flowers in May In dear old Donegal. Meet...(chorus) Brannigan Fannigan Milligan Gilligan Duffey MacCuffey Mallochy Malone Rafferty Lafferty Donnelly Connelly Dooley O'Hooley Muldoony Mahone Hadigan Cadigan Lannihan Flannihan Fagan O'Hagan O'Houlihan Flynn Shannahan Mannahan Fogarty Hogarty Kelley O'Kelley MacGuiness Magin (repeat chorus) from Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Episode: 43, Title: Mayonnaise, Original Air Date: September 19, 1997 |
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all i know is that cats rule |
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Hi, LeCoeur... How's everything? I had a flake today, it was truly 'yummy'!! it's just sooo delicate! |
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I love cats.. and cats love me! I can walk into any room, I see the cat, the cat sees me, we practically run towards each other. I kid you not. I have cat-magnetism. |
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GIVE PROPS ALL YOU IZZY-BOO LOVERS OUT THERE! |
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I have a mainecoon and a tabby.... and the tabby likes jazz and ambient music .... while the main coon likes drum and bass and gabber...... they are great companions...... YAY! |
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Proof that cats are smarter than us... ;.) |
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cats stare at me =( |
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cats stare at me :) |
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I stare at cats and cats stare...stare at each other for hours without blinking... ;.) |
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heheheh you are an EVIL one aren't you jivver ;) hummm thinks of lots of EVIL things to do with FLAKES *licks fingas before doing anything tho* =0) |
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Wheaties: The breakfast of EVIL!!! |
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hahahaha gimma summo wheaties |
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ahaah daweeze - that just reminded me of wesley willis, god he's cool, lol "rock over london, rock on, chicago - wheaties - the breakfast of champions!!!!" and that jesus is the answer intro, lol. "....im gonna sing this song again all the way up your ass..." |
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