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why does it rain Cats and Dogs and not pigs and Cows2007-11-25 12:31:57Answers:

OK, here's your answer, it's gross, but true . . .

In older times, public sanitation in cities was not what it is now. In other words, they didn't clean the streets and remove the garbage as often as they do now.

So, at times when it would rain heavily, you would see dead small animals being washed down the streets and gutters - rats, cats, dogs, etc. At some point someone connected the heavy rain with the thought that "it's raining cats and dogs" since you saw them coursing down the street only in a heavy - and street and gutter cleansing - rain.

Told you it was icky, but that's what folklorists believe is the origin of this expression.

Pigs and Cows are not normally kept in cities, and would take a much heavier rain to wash down the street.

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because that's the laws of physics

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it's some alphabaphetical thing

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because when god made clouds,he made it so nofat cows can get up there

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because cows and pigs do not fly!! duh

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Coz if it rains cats n dogs u will just get bruised

but if it rained pigs n cows you would get squished :)

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already answered this one

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in the old english times (of the phrases' origin), cats and ogs would literally be on the roof and would slip and fall down during the rains - hence the phrase

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Coz if pigs and cows landed on you, you would die.

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Cats and dogs(the female ofcourse), give birth to larger number at a time.

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cause you don麓t have cows and pigs on your roof at least you shouldn't have.

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Because it might hurt a little if a cow or a pig landed on you.

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look on this site it has lots of different explanations

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It only rained pigs and cows when people like Alexander Great and Ghengis Khan catapulted their dead animals over city walls to inflict disease on the captives. Maybe he threw dead cats and dogs too.