Posted by SexyJ at ool-182d6012.dyn.optonline.net on June 03, 2003 at 14:03:23:
i just got this forwarded in my email by my sis. thought it was funny seeing as how this is what i was saying about the raining cats and dogs thing.....(*not saying this is true....just thought it was weird since i was just talking about it*)....
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 dogs, 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."