S4.E5: The Christmas Cat of Keels
Season 4, Episode 5
Title: The Christmas Cat of Keels
Time: 10:00
Locations: Keels, King’s Cove
Stories: Paddy Kelly and the Christmas Cat
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About The Episode:
Newfoundland has its share of strange Christmas stories — but not too many involve hand-to-hand combat with a supernatural house cat.
There’s only one I can think of, and it comes from the shores of Bonavista Bay. In this tale one unlucky soul finds out that not every creature stirring on Christmas Eve comes bearing gifts; some come looking for a fight.
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Sources & Further Reading
Paddy Kelly and the Christmas Cat, Product of Newfoundland
Bonavista South, The Trinitarian, December 21, 1926
The Devine Brothers of King’s Cove, J.W. McGrath
The Tangled Lore of Dogberries, Product of Newfoundland
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