October 29, 2003WetThe Brewer Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: To rain cats and dogs. 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 north-west wind is called the cat's-nose in the Harz even at the present day.Posted by jghiii at October 29, 2003 08:18 AM Comments
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