Prescience of a name in a TV programme

me in a TV programme Just before watching the TV programme, “Pet Rescue”, I think it was in 2001, the name “Pyewacket” came into my head. Although the name sounded very vaguely familiar, I thought it must be some town somewhere in the world, so I asked my wife if she knew where Pyewacket was. Not surprisingly, she had never heard of it. “Pet Rescue” was a TV programme where pets with ailments or injuries were taken to the main branch of the RSPCA in London and treated by a team of vets there. The very first case was that of a cat with an injury to its tail, and the cat’s name was Pyewacket! I thought I must have seen the name in the Radio Times or the day’s newspaper, but those entries for the programme didn’t mention any names – why would they? For weeks I was completely nonplussed, but about a month later I found the name in a history book I had read several months before, about England in the 17th century. Pyewacket was the name of a 17th century witch’s cat. That explained how such an outlandish name got into my head, but what it did not explain was why the name should have come into consciousness just before the programme featuring Pyewacket was about to be aired. I think it was about 10 or 15 minutes before the start of the programme.