  We analyse the quantum Cheshire cat using contextuality theory, to see if
this can tell us anything about how best to interpret this paradox. We show
that this scenario can be analysed using the relation between three different
measurements, which seem to result in a logical contradiction. We discuss how
this contextual behaviour links to weak values, and coherences between
prohibited states. Rather than showing a property of the particle is
disembodied, the quantum Cheshire cat instead demonstrates the effects of these
coherences, which are typically found in pre- and postselected systems.
