Be sure you have plenty of kindling before you begin. They are rather non-inflammable and well asbestosed, so to speak.

Now is my soule troubled, and what shall I say? Father, saue me from this houre, but for this cause came I vnto this houre.

Do not, however, include your cat's name because hearing it uttered could cause it to trust a potential cat-napper.

The Pattern Under the Plough and The Horse in the Furrow contain a treasure trove of horselore from East Anglia, and much of what is in the public domain today has been taken from these two books, even if the extracts have not been credited!