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The Demon Cat  The cat of the foregoing legend had evidently
charming manners, and was well intentioned; but there are other
cats of evil and wicked ways, that are, in fact, demons or
witches, who assume the cat-form, in order to get easy entrance
to a house, and spy over everything. There was a woman in
Connemara, the wife of a fisherman, and as he always had very
good luck, she had plenty of fish at all times stored away in
the house ready for market. But to her great annoyance she found
that a great cat used to come in at night and devour all the
best and finest fish. So she kept a big stick by her and
determined to watch. One day, as she and a woman were spinning
together, the house suddenly became quite dark; and the door was
burst open as if by the blast of the tempest, 'when in walked a
huge black cat, who went straight. up to the fire, then turned
round and growled at them. "Why, surely this is the devil!" said
a young girl, who was by,