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    Before the cat, what animal did the Romans use for Vermin controll?

    Question #27432. Asked by RND. (Jan 30 03 9:19 PM)


    Tabby Tom

    		Weasels.

    Hence the he Latin word 'feles', meaning cat, is sometimes used for a weasel.
    In Shakespeare's 'Rape of Lucrece', after Tarquin has entered Lucretia's house, 'night-wandering weasels shriek to see him there.'

    Jan 31 03, 9:51 AM
    mibmob

    		Feles means polecat or ferret too.

    Jan 31 03, 2:03 PM

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