Touch Not the Cat, 1976, Mary Stewart
Because, seriously, you don’t know where it’s been. Have you seen the way they clean themselves, or what they eat?
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Does it have anything to do with the Scottish? With the Chattan confederation? ‘Cause that is all I can think of (every family in the Chattan Confederation has a cat in their crest and have variations of “touch not this cat” as their motto…)
Or am I just an uber nerd?
OMG, my wife and I visited a Scottish castle where the motto was “Touch not the cat bot a glove”. “Bot” apparently means “without”, but this did not stop the two of us running around going into giggles saying “Touch not the cat-bot!”
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Is this some kind of euphemism?
Gah! I love this book, it’s one of my favorites! There actually is a cat in it, but it’s not what you think.
I’m with Sallyp. That’s one of my favorites of Mary Stewart’s romances. In fact, I may be inspired to reread it this afternoon.
Does it have anything to do with the Scottish? With the Chattan confederation? ‘Cause that is all I can think of (every family in the Chattan Confederation has a cat in their crest and have variations of “touch not this cat” as their motto…)
Or am I just an uber nerd?
No worries, Vicky, that’s exactly what I though of, too.
So at the very least, you aren’t alone in your ubernerddom.
Vicky, funny you should bring that up. Pick this up at your local library, you won’t be sorry.
OMG, my wife and I visited a Scottish castle where the motto was “Touch not the cat bot a glove”. “Bot” apparently means “without”, but this did not stop the two of us running around going into giggles saying “Touch not the cat-bot!”
Hrm, I know we were up around Cluny, but I’m not sure that was the place.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan_Macpherson#Clan_Profile
Does this have anything to do with the comic title; “Touch Not the Priestess”?