Who made up the phrase "It's raining cats and dogs?"

Moleman

In Norse mythology the cat is supposed to have great influence on the weather and British sailors still say 'The cat has a gale of wind in her tale', when she is unusually frisky. Witches that rode upon the storms were said to assume the form of cats; and the stormy north-west wind is called the cats-nose in the Harz district even now. The dog is a signal of wind, like the wolf, both of which were attendants of Odin, the storm god. In old German pictures, the wind is figured as the 'head of a dog or wolf.' So cat may be taken as a symbol of the down-pouring rain, and the dog of the strong gusts of wind accompanying a rainstorm. Source: Brewers Phrase and Fable Mar 17 01, 3:04 PM

Quizter

The phrase comes from centurys ago. In early England, the peasants used to make their roofs out of thatched straw. During winter it rained alot so the dogs, cats and mice used to sleep on the roofs since it was the only real warm place (they weren't allowed in the houses.) When it rained between a heavy rain shower and a sprinkle (otherwise mediumly) the mice would fall off the roof. When it rained heavily the cats and dogs would fall off the roof. When the peasants looked out the window, it seemed as if it had been raining cats and dogs. I suppose some peasant said "Aw, it's been rainin' cats 'n' dogs again'" Jun 15 04, 4:11 AM

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