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Just reading of the Great Plague of 1665, which frightened Londoners blamed in part on cats
And so they killed the cats
Which meant the true carriers, the rats and their fleas, multiplied all the more
Dunno if apocryphal, but it rings so true
And so they killed the cats
Which meant the true carriers, the rats and their fleas, multiplied all the more
Dunno if apocryphal, but it rings so true
From The London Encyclopedia, Weinrab and Hibbert
Verified in Keith Thomas's great account of the period's beliefs (one the best history books ever written) https://twitter.com/RisboroughRob/status/1246333634795233285?s=20
Uh oh, controversy https://twitter.com/bernardkhoo/status/1246334366063747073?s=20
Uh oh, more controversy https://twitter.com/Comparativist/status/1246336155060072448?s=20
