YOU SAID:
To wear a cat on one’s head
INTO JAPANESE
頭に猫を着せること
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Putting a cat on one's head
INTO JAPANESE
頭の上に猫を乗せる
BACK INTO ENGLISH
put a cat on one's head
INTO JAPANESE
猫を頭に乗せる
BACK INTO ENGLISH
put a cat on one's head
That didn't even make that much sense in English.