tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28832751.post116431685568418554..comments2023-09-03T14:18:24.569+01:00Comments on OldScrotesHome: Writer's block, or "Who gives a [censored]?"Jake Allsophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18352337319705848623noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28832751.post-1164432869913323372006-11-25T05:34:00.000+00:002006-11-25T05:34:00.000+00:00Thanks, Miss Bennett, you have removed a mystery f...Thanks, Miss Bennett, you have removed a mystery from a wrinkle in my cerebellum that has lain there twitching for many a decade! <BR/>JakeJake Allsophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18352337319705848623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28832751.post-1164413824249125592006-11-25T00:17:00.000+00:002006-11-25T00:17:00.000+00:00I came across this According to Morris, it comes f...I came across this <BR/>According to Morris, it comes from the days when street drainage was so poor that a heavy rain storm could easily drown cats and dogs. After the storm people would see the number of dead cats and dogs and assume they had fallen out of the sky. Brewer suggests, on the other hand, that in northern mythology cats were supposed to have great influence on the weather and dogs were a signal of wind, 'thus cat may be taken as a symbol of the downpouring rain, and the dog as the strong gusts of wind accompanying a rain-storm'.<BR/><BR/>This is a little late , just caught up with your tales.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com