Life in the 1500s - Part 3
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 cats, dogs and other small animals lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall out of the roof.
Hence the saying - "It's raining cats and dogs."
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Amazing stuff...I like the old hippie sayings like "what a bummer," light my fire, burn baby burn, bugging out, ...but this, one, sounds like 1500s England (Henry VIII time) is cool.
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