Can anybody identify this story/urban legend?

[Jaygon]

I hope I'm posting this in the right place. This was definitely a fictitious story and told to us by a teacher at Primary School many many years ago. I've tried for a long time to identify it but haven't had much luck.

There is always the chance he made it up....but most of the other stories that he told us seemed to be based on urban legends/well known tales.

This story resembled somewhat the story of Poe's 'The Black Cat'. (a tale he also told us) The title of the story as it was told to us was 'The Ginger Cat'.

The central character encounters a homeless man whom he somewhat befriends over time but this man eventually pesters the central character (I don't remember the exact details, it may have been to do with the homeless man discovering the stealing of money or some sort of foul play on the part of the central character) until he murders the homeless man ; the homeless man then returns in the guise of the ginger cat and...in the end... is the undoing of the narrator, similar to poe's tale.

The central character does not suspect any links between the homeless man he murdered and the cat in the beginning.

Does this sound familiar to anyone?

[Cobalt60]

sorry...usually good at this sort of thing, but this doesn't sound like anything i'd heard before...tell me: what part of the country you from? (or nation...that might have a little to do with my ignorance about it)

[Jaygon]

Hi there,

Im in Ireland, meaning that the story is more than likely Irish or Uk based. The setting sounds traditionally more UK based than Irish. I do remember this particular teacher telling all sorts of stories ranging from local Irish tales to International ones too.

Hi there,

Im in Ireland, meaning that the story is more than likely Irish or Uk based. The setting sounds traditionally more UK based than Irish. I do remember this particular teacher telling all sorts of stories ranging from local Irish tales to International ones too.