Why do the elderly think that keeping a dog is luckier than keeping a cat?

There is a saying in the older generation that "pigs come to be poor, dogs come to be rich, and cats come to be covered with white cloth". I wonder if you have heard of it?

Although many young people don't quite understand the meaning of this sentence now, it is still taboo in the hearts of most of the older generation, especially in rural areas.

Therefore, the older generation of rural people, when encountering stray cats and dogs, mostly choose to adopt stray dogs instead of stray cats.

So, why do you have these statements? The following are the reasons I summarized.

1, why do you say that the cat is covered with white cloth?

There are many stray cats outside now, but it seems that not many people take them in. On the one hand, stray cats are used to wandering outside and are unwilling to accept being kept in captivity; On the other hand, it's because many people think it's not good to keep cats.

Especially in the countryside, I always think cats are ugly, especially at night, they are all barking, which sounds a little creepy.

The cat's cry is similar to that kind of "sad" sound; Therefore, most of the older generation are superstitious about tradition and think it is unlucky to adopt stray cats.

2. "Dogs come to the rich" is actually better understood, because many people think that stray dogs come to you, which means that your family will be very lucky and rich, so many people are willing to adopt stray dogs.

When a dog barks, it is usually "woof", and the homonym is "woof-woof".

Therefore, many people in the older generation think that dogs bring wealth to their families, so it is better and more auspicious to have dogs than cats.

3. "Pigs come to the poor" actually means that pigs can eat especially.

As we all know, pigs are particularly edible animals. Even if you haven't seen a pig, you must have seen the pig in Journey to the West, right?

Pigs can eat well, and the older generation in rural areas feel that the pigs lost by others run to their own homes, which means that their homes will become poor; Because pigs can eat, the older generation thinks that pigs come to eat the poor at home.

In fact, the phrase "pigs come to be poor, dogs come to be rich, and cats come to be covered with white cloth" is more the words of the older generation, and some superstitious thoughts still remain in their hearts.