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FROM: "Marianne Malinowski" <[removed]@ames.lib.ia.us>
REC'D: 11/4/99, 10:44 AM

Hi,

I have a patron who is looking for the source of a quote - actually, two
quotes from the same source. She thought they were from the Bible but
wasn't able to find any reference to cats in the concordances. Can
anyone venture a guess as to what book these might be from?

"For the Lord commanded Moses concerning the cats at the departure of
the children of Israel from Egypt" and "For he killed the Icneumon-rat,
very pernicious by land."

Thanks so much,
Marianne Malinowski
Ames Public Library
Ames, Iowa 50010

FROM: "Kathy Irwin" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 11/4/99, 6:34 PM

Check out the web site,
<A HREF="http://www.sjgames.com/in-nomine/articles/Random/Poetry2.html">http://www.sjgames.com/in-nomine/articles/Random/Poetry2.html</A>
It's a bit difficult to read, but according to this site the quotes are from
"My Cat Jeoffry" by Christopher Smart from _Jubilate Agno_ (Rejoice in the
Lamb).

I found it by doing a phrase search in <A HREF="http://www.altavista.com">http://www.altavista.com</A>

P.S. I grew up in Ames, what a coincidence!

Cheers!
Kathy M. Irwin
Research Librarian
Comerica Inc.
[removed]@comerica.com


>From: "Marianne Malinowski" <[removed]@ames.lib.ia.us>
>Reply-To: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
>To: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
>Subject: Source of a quote
>Date: Thu, 04 Nov 1999 10:43:28 -0600
>
>Hi,
>
>I have a patron who is looking for the source of a quote - actually, two
>quotes from the same source. She thought they were from the Bible but
>wasn't able to find any reference to cats in the concordances. Can
>anyone venture a guess as to what book these might be from?
>
>"For the Lord commanded Moses concerning the cats at the departure of
>the children of Israel from Egypt" and "For he killed the Icneumon-rat,
>very pernicious by land."
>
>Thanks so much,
>Marianne Malinowski
>Ames Public Library
>Ames, Iowa 50010
>

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FROM: "Lynda Whitton-Henley" <[removed]@intcomm.net>
REC'D: 11/4/99, 11:02 PM

I didn't find anything in "The Home Book of Proverbs, Maxims and Familiar
Phrases by Burton Stevenson. It doesn't provide a quote source but may
provide a clue to the right person, "Brewer Phrase & Fable" Ichneu'mon: An
animal resembling a weasel, and well worthy of being defended by priest and
prince in Egypt as it feeds on serpents, mice, and other vermin, and is
especially fond of crocodiles' eggs, which it scratches out of the sand.
According to legend, it steals into the mouths of crocodiles when they gape,
and eats out their bowels. The ichneumon is called "Pharaoh's rat."

Marianne Malinowski wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a patron who is looking for the source of a quote - actually, two
> quotes from the same source. She thought they were from the Bible but
> wasn't able to find any reference to cats in the concordances. Can
> anyone venture a guess as to what book these might be from?
>
> "For the Lord commanded Moses concerning the cats at the departure of
> the children of Israel from Egypt" and "For he killed the Icneumon-rat,
> very pernicious by land."

Lynda Whitton-Henley
Br Mgr., NW Br., Lib.
[removed]@intcomm.net

>
>
> Thanks so much,
> Marianne Malinowski
> Ames Public Library
> Ames, Iowa 50010

FROM: "Lynda Whitton-Henley" <[removed]@intcomm.net>
REC'D: 11/4/99, 11:02 PM

I didn't find anything in "The Home Book of Proverbs, Maxims and Familiar
Phrases by Burton Stevenson. It doesn't provide a quote source but may
provide a clue to the right person, "Brewer Phrase & Fable" Ichneu'mon: An
animal resembling a weasel, and well worthy of being defended by priest and
prince in Egypt as it feeds on serpents, mice, and other vermin, and is
especially fond of crocodiles' eggs, which it scratches out of the sand.
According to legend, it steals into the mouths of crocodiles when they gape,
and eats out their bowels. The ichneumon is called "Pharaoh's rat."

Marianne Malinowski wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a patron who is looking for the source of a quote - actually, two
> quotes from the same source. She thought they were from the Bible but
> wasn't able to find any reference to cats in the concordances. Can
> anyone venture a guess as to what book these might be from?
>
> "For the Lord commanded Moses concerning the cats at the departure of
> the children of Israel from Egypt" and "For he killed the Icneumon-rat,
> very pernicious by land."

Lynda Whitton-Henley
Br Mgr., NW Br., Lib.
[removed]@intcomm.net

>
>
> Thanks so much,
> Marianne Malinowski
> Ames Public Library
> Ames, Iowa 50010

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