Black Cats and Halloween: The History Behind the Superstition

Food for Thought: The Joys and Benefits of Living Vegan

Colleen Patrick-Goudreau

Arts, Zerowaste, Eating, Recipes, Vegan, Humane, Society & Culture, Meat, Food, Vegetarian, Colleen, Cook, Animals, Patrickgoudreau, Ethical, Cooking, Sustainable, Compassionate, Compassion

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🗓️ 20 October 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Why are certain animals synonymous with Halloween — bats, rats, owls, spiders, ravens, crows, toads, wolves, and...black cats? Why are black cats associated with witches? Did Pope Gregory IX issue a papal bull during the 13th century that called for the mass extermination of black cats? What’s the history behind all of this, and what does it mean for us (and the animals) today?

Join Colleen Patrick-Goudreau, your host, who explores all of this in today’s episode.

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0:00.0	This episode of Food for Thought is brought to you by the listeners of this podcast that means you listening right now
0:06.0	You can show your support for this podcast by becoming a patron
0:09.2	You can go to joyfulvegan.com or you can go to patreon.com slash Colleen Patrick Goodrow
0:14.9	You can also just click on the links in the show notes here and you can choose the level. That's right for you
0:20.6	Thank you so much in advance today's episode is black cats and Halloween the history behind the superstition
0:30.0	Welcome everyone to Food for Thought. My name is Colleen Patrick Goodrow. I am your host you can learn more about who I am and what I do by visiting my website
0:51.4	Joyfulvegan.com. Welcome to the 17th year of the Food for Thought podcast. I hope you're enjoying it if you have been listening that long
0:59.6	Well done you the hardest part about recording this episode today was having to come inside because it is an incredibly gorgeous day
1:07.3	This is my favorite time of year. You may have heard me say that about every other season because I do love the change of seasons
1:14.2	And I defy anyone who says there is not a change of seasons
1:19.6	in California that is not true
1:22.3	There are and this time of year autumn is a really magical time of year
1:27.3	It's actually the warmest time of year here in Northern California summer is actually quite cloudy and foggy and cold and unpleasant
1:34.8	In my opinion, but autumn is just sunny and beautiful and of course there's this gorgeous low light and there's just a beautiful smell in the air
1:43.5	It's fall. I also love this time of year because I love Halloween
1:47.2	I love the harvest season especially when it comes to cooking and baking
1:51.5	I love this time of year. It's my husband's birthday on October 27th and we
1:56.4	Usually have a party and a costume party for Halloween and to celebrate David's birthday and I like doing
2:04.8	Topical thematic seasonal
2:08.0	episodes of course as they relate to the theme of this podcast animals and food etc
2:14.4	And so I've done other episodes around Halloween and animals and I invite you to listen to one called animal themed Halloween films
2:21.8	And I promise you these are not films where the animals are victims. These are not gory films
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