Where did the saying "It's raining cats and dogs "come from?
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Posted by Sean8342 Nov 19th, 2012 at 4:19PM
In ye olden times it would rain and rain and rain... the cats and dogs would drown and float about in the streets....
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Reply by Makessense Nov 19th, 2012 at 4:22PM
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Posted by kbgloves1 Nov 19th, 2012 at 4:18PM
Watch out, mirth - dont step in that little poodle!
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Posted by Experienced321 Nov 19th, 2012 at 4:55PM
purina started it
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Posted by Makessense Nov 19th, 2012 at 4:20PM
'A Description of a City Shower', first published in the 1710 collection of the Tattler magazine.
Threat'ning with Deluge this devoted Town.
Now from all Parts the swelling Kennels flow,
And bear their Trophies with them as they go:
Filth of all Hues and Odours seem to tell
What Street they sail'd from, by their Sight and Smell.
They, as each Torrent drives, with rapid Force,
From Smithfield or St. Pulchre's shape their Course,
And in huge Confluent join'd at Snow-Hill Ridge,
Fall from the Conduit, prone to Holbourn-Bridge.
Sweeping from Butchers Stalls, Dung, Guts, and Blood,
Drown'd Puppies, stinking Sprats, all drench'd in Mud,
Dead Cats and Turnip-Tops come tumbling down the Flood.
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Reply by Makessense Nov 19th, 2012 at 4:22PM
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Reply by mirth Nov 19th, 2012 at 4:25PM
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Posted by cpthaddock Nov 19th, 2012 at 4:19PM
I'd hazard a guess at a whirlwind sucking them up and dropping them a few miles down the road
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Posted by Rooneytoones Nov 19th, 2012 at 4:19PM
probably from new zealand or somewhere stupid like that
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Posted by siamul Nov 19th, 2012 at 4:16PM
That's where they originally came from.
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