The phrase "raining eats and dogs” has been derived from Northern mythology. in which the eat symbolises heavy rain and the dog wind. It also comes from the French catadupe. a word of Gree> origin, meaning cataract.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 13 October 1941, Page 2
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