Were does the saying "its raining cats and dogs" come from?

Answer 1

In Northern mythology the cat is supposed to have great influence on the weather, and English sailors still say the cat has a gale of wind in her tail when she is unusually frisky. Witches that rode upon the storms were said to assume the form of cats; and the stormy northwest wind is called the cat's nose in the Harz mountains even at the present day. The dog is a signal of wind, like the wolf. Both animals were attendants of Odin, the storm-god. In old German pictures the wind is figured as the "head of a dog or wolf," from which blasts issue. The cat therefore symbolizes the down-pouring of rain, and the dog the strong gusts of wind that accompany a rainstorm; and a rain of "cats and dogs" is a heavy rain with wind.

Answer 2

Back in the 1500's Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof.
Hence the saying, it's raining cats and dogs.

Answer 3

What i heard was back in medievil times people had thatch roofs and their animals would sleep up in there. When it rained they would start jumping down to get out of the rain, hence "raining cats and dogs". I don't know if its true, but i doubt any of these answers are.

Answer 4

I coined the rattling word and that i visit allow you to recognize without equivocation or prevarication. It change into quite raining complicated that afternoon, and the buckets round the room were about complete for the fifth time, the thatch change into that previous, so I opened the door to toss out between the whole buckets, and pronounced that the cobbles were awash. some lifeless pets from the midden pile floated with the waste straw and rotten vegetables. I stated as to my spouse (to lighten the mood, you recognize? She were especially sharpish all afternoon) I stated as to her and that i stated, "seem, sweetness, that's been raining cats and canines." She heaved herself off her stool through the hearth and ambled over to the door the position I stood, and surveyed the line. Then she cocked her strong eye up at me and stated - I swear - "do not toss the swill bucket there, you fool, that poodle will overflow interior the door." Is it any ask your self I loved her. Sigh.

Answer 5

That saying comes from Old England (I think) where the people would keep their pets in the attic (The only thing I don't remember is whether they kept their pets up there or if they kept the dead animals in a box up in the attic). When the ceiling would get too heavy, the animals would fall through, and hence forth came the saying "Raining Cats and Dogs".

Answer 6

Nope nope youre all wrong. The saying its raining cats and dogs comes from the fact that in victorian times the roofs of cottages and houses used to be very leaky, the cats of course would hide on the beams above the rooms etc, and hence when it rained, cats would slip down and fall on their unsuspecting owners below. Case solved. 10 points for me!

Answer 7

In the future, Cats and Dogs will inherit the Earth as a result of genetic experiments initiated by Jonathan Ross yesterday evening. They decide to convince us retrospectively of their superiority and utility and to this end they travel back in time to the 1500s, plant some stories in the gullible minds of the highly suggestible thicko serfs of the malnourished Middle Ages, history does its percolating magic, and thus today we think they've got something interestingly mysterious and somehow endearing about them so we keep their numbers artificially high and pamper them instead of hunting them to extinction and farming and eating them like we do with all the other animals.

Answer 8

Probably because it sounds like cats and dogs fighting (heavy rain).

Answer 9

medievil women would throw there cats and dogs hell i bet a couple of mice in the rain off the top floor to see the direction of the rain

Answer 10

funni thst u ask i think my teacher just told me that the other day.
I 4get the year but ppl had houses with really slick roofs... so animals living up on the roof would all off... so they got the sayong "it`s raining cats and dogs" i`m not really sure it`s ture though! hope i helpd!