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Rosie
20-02-2007, 04:35 PM
My local RSPCA have got various cats in at the moment that they refer to as "kalamancas" does anyone know what this means as I cannot find any referene on the net?
dinahsmum
20-02-2007, 05:57 PM
Sorry - no idea!
Fran
20-02-2007, 06:00 PM
I haven't got the foggiest idea :?
Mags
20-02-2007, 06:52 PM
Sorry I haven't heard of them either :?
tilly
20-02-2007, 07:14 PM
Sorry but I haven't got a clue.

Sally
Kim
20-02-2007, 07:30 PM
That's a new one on me too!
Tanya
20-02-2007, 08:15 PM
Maybe you misheard what they said. I've searched the net too and i cant find anything.

Maybe you should ring and ask them to put us all out of our misery. ;)
sammy
20-02-2007, 09:12 PM
I put 'kalamanca' without the 's' into google and it didn't come up with much, except this:

http://www.rspca-tameside-glossop.org.uk/catgallery.html

which I assume is your local branch? It does mention them on there, but isn't really much help I'm afraid!:?
Jac
20-02-2007, 10:25 PM
Maybe there Kalmacat's. When you pet them they Kalm you bring the old blood preasure down ect.
No only kidding. Dont have a scooby.
dandysmom
20-02-2007, 10:32 PM
Got it!
What is the origin of these queer expressions I DB BRIGHTWELL. KALAMANCA CAT8.—In Lancashire tortoise-shell cats are called kalamanca cats. I couldn't get the link to copy, but it was in an Amazon book review; found on Google!! Now we know!
Mags
20-02-2007, 10:39 PM
Got it!
What is the origin of these queer expressions I DB BRIGHTWELL. KALAMANCA CAT8.—In Lancashire tortoise-shell cats are called kalamanca cats. I couldn't get the link to copy, but it was in an Amazon book review; found on Google!! Now we know!

Well done Eileen, you've put us out of our misery :lol:
So I have got a Kalamanca cat now, have I?? :-D
Fran
20-02-2007, 10:40 PM
So they are torties then? Well done Eileen!! :cool:
dandysmom
20-02-2007, 10:41 PM
Indeed you do, and a beautiful one to boot! It annoyed me not knowing, and was determined to run it down!! My Patches was too, bless her!
Moli
20-02-2007, 10:42 PM
Thanks DM, been searching for ages to find out the meaning, well done you!:D
Tanya
20-02-2007, 10:46 PM
Thanks DM, you have put me out of my misery ;)
dandysmom
20-02-2007, 11:03 PM
I'm a stubborn woman and was determined to run this down........:-D We have quite a few kalamanca cats on here, don't we?
Sweet
20-02-2007, 11:49 PM
That means.......

I have two :D Violet and Mabel x
dandysmom
20-02-2007, 11:51 PM
But we still don't know how the expression originated...?? Anyone on here from Lancashire?
Mags
20-02-2007, 11:58 PM
But we still don't know how the expression originated...?? Anyone on here from Lancashire?
Candy Shandy and Stompin Sarah are both from Lancashire .........
dandysmom
21-02-2007, 12:38 AM
Candy Shandy and Stompin Sarah are both from Lancashire .........
Oh good, then maybe they can tell us something about this expression!
alexgirl73
21-02-2007, 09:05 AM
Well done Eileen!! I spent an hour last night trying to track down kalamanca cats, thank you for stopping my torment, lol!
dinahsmum
21-02-2007, 09:42 AM
Well done DM http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/3/3_2_107.gif

Do you remember the other name I found when I was kitten hunting - Turtleback? Looks like our torties go under lots of aliases
Rosie
21-02-2007, 09:54 AM
Well done Eileen this is the first time I have heard of something that you cannot find on the web! I have got a Kalamanca too and never even knew it. By the way that is my local branch of the RSPCA where I heard it. Perhaps I should email them and see if they can tell me the history.
dandysmom
21-02-2007, 05:11 PM
Well done Eileen this is the first time I have heard of something that you cannot find on the web! I have got a Kalamanca too and never even knew it. By the way that is my local branch of the RSPCA where I heard it. Perhaps I should email them and see if they can tell me the history. But I did find it on the Web, Rosie! Didn't stop in page one of the Google search, kept looking till I found it, But couldn't highlight the site location itself for some reason (?), so just highlighted the quotation itself and pasted it. Waa going to try Yahoo search also, but don't normally use that; don't think it's as good as Google,
charliebubs
21-02-2007, 05:26 PM
Well done Eileen. Determination and patience paid off!!!!

I have never heard of that experssion before either - so now we're all wiser!!! lol

:)
dandysmom
21-02-2007, 05:30 PM
:D I can't count the things I have learned on here ........
Emma-Lou
07-04-2008, 02:43 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortoiseshell_cat

Note spelling of Kalamanca is "calimanco". Wikipedia rarely lets me down.
angieh
07-04-2008, 05:01 PM
Just caught up with this interesting thread - I wasn't around when it was first posted! There are some extremely pretty looking cats in that wikipedia article, Emma-Lou!

Doesn't T.S. Eliot mention "calico cats" in Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats?
dandysmom
07-04-2008, 08:59 PM
Just caught up with this interesting thread - I wasn't around when it was first posted! There are some extremely pretty looking cats in that wikipedia article, Emma-Lou!

Doesn't T.S. Eliot mention "calico cats" in Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats?

That's what they're called here in the States mostly, rather than tortie and white. I kind of like calico ......