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They used to make roofs with hay. Cats and dogs would sleep inside the hay and then when it rained it would get soggy and cats and dogs would fall out of the roofs.

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The phrase raining cats and dogs came from the animals falling through the straw roof when it rained hard, because the straw would get soft and soggy.

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Cats and dogs, as well as other small amimals, would fall through a thatched roof when it rained.

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Back then people used straw for their houses roofs and when the roof got wet enough animals would fall into their house and sometimes it would be cats and dogs

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Back then houses were made with thatch and when it rained, people put more and more thatch onto their roofs. Animals made it their home and would fall through the roof when it rained hard enough.

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They used straw for roofs and when it got wet the animals fell into the house.

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whenever it poured heavy rain the straw on the roof would become very heavy and mushy and soggy, and then sometimes animals could fall though the roof, including cats and dogs

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The animals, cats and dogs, actually fell through the roof of the straw houses whenever it rained hard because they would take shelter there. The whole thing would come down.

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When it rained the straw on top of houses would get so wet and slick when dogs and cats climbed on top they fell through

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Cats and dogs would fall through the roof while it rained hard.

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Cats and dogs would fall through the roof from it raining.

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Cat's and dog's would fall through the roofs of houses when it rained.

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The origin was that when it would rain cats and dogs were burrowed in the straw roofs and would fall through the soggy exterior when it rained hard enough.

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In olden times, homes had thatched roofs in which domestic animals such as cats and dogs would like to hide. In heavy rain, the animals would either be washed out of the thatch, or rapidly abandon it for better shelter, so it would seem to be raining cats and dogs.

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When the straw roofs got too full of water they would cave in with cats and dogs who were living in it falling.

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Roofs used to be thatched with hay and animals like cats and dogs would burrow inside the roofs when it got thick and when it would rain cats and dogs would fall from the ceiling

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Back in the day they had roofs made of straw and cats and dogs would be up on the roof and when it rained and if it rained hard enough the straw would become soft and slippery and the cats and dogs would fall through the roof and into the house.

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When the roofs would leak, they would patch it with more straw. Overtime animals would make homes in them and if it rained hard enough, sometimes the animals would fall through.

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During heavy rain season, the thatched roof of medieval houses will become soggy and slippery, which will cause cats and dogs that burrow in the roof to fall out

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cats and dogs were hiding in the roof and when it rained they fell through.

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Raining cats and dogs comes from when they made the roofs from thatch roofs and cats and dogs would get into the roofs as they added more to it and when it rained and got soaked with water the cats and dogs would slide out of the roof

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Houses used to have roofs made of straw and cats and dogs would fall through them.

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Cats and dogs would fall through the roof from raining so hard.

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Cats and dogs falling through a roof that was made out of straw during a heavy rain shower

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Cats and dogs would burrow in the thatch roof of houses, and when a heavy rain came that lasted for a while, the burrows would give way and the cats and dogs would fall through the roof.

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Cats and Dogs fell through the roofs made of straw

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Cats and dogs falling thought the roof of the house when it rained.

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It means that it is raining proflously

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when they used to have houses and the top had lots of hey stacks and cats and dogs used to hide there. so when it rains Things get very messy and that’s where they got it from

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Cats and dogs fell through the roofs made of straw