Date: 4/4/2004 8:11:00 AM
From Authorid: 3835
No, cannot say as I have heard of that phrase, ever.. I too, am curious what that would mean also.. it could mean that it was raining so hard that the devil beating his wife meant she was crying really bad... that kind of in itself soounds really violent, Lol..  |
Date: 4/4/2004 8:11:00 AM
From Authorid: 62338
yes but which one is the devil and which one is the wife...Rawhide  |
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Date: 4/4/2004 8:22:00 AM
From Authorid: 62511
I heard that saying like that before. Except I was told that it was God beating his wife, which is silly. And they would say it when it was thundering with no rain too. Lol. |
Date: 4/4/2004 9:27:00 AM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 26363
Well I've been lookin round the net and can't find any origins for it but have discovered the same exact saying is used by the Dutch. Also there are other sayings that mean the same thing such as 'a foxes wedding' or 'an old maid's wedding'. There are more (but I can't remember them!) but they are all to do with weddings. Isn't that strange. Oh BTW...the whole saying seems to be the devil is beating his wife behind the kitchen door with a frying pan! LOL MG  |
Date: 4/4/2004 10:50:00 AM
From Authorid: 44321
My aunt in Georgia always told me when it rained and was sunny " the devil was beating his wife" she explained the sun was hell and the rain was the wifes tears :)  |
Date: 4/4/2004 11:30:00 AM
From Authorid: 48250
I've heard when it is Thundering God Is Re- Arranging His Furniture in Heaven...Or When There is Thunder And Lightening...That The Lightening is Talking To The Thunder And The Thunder Is Answering Back! *lol*...I've never heard of that one before...About the devil beating his wife...Have you ever noticed when Someone leaves this world...At times it will Rain...I Heard This Saying when I was a little Girl....That The Angels In Heaven Are Crying when it rains....T/C......  |
Date: 4/4/2004 11:33:00 AM
From Authorid: 32133
my brother used to tell me that thunder was god bowling.  |
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Date: 4/4/2004 12:11:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 26363
Movin furniture and bowling! LOL ain't heard those yet. I like the one about angels cring in heaven. MG |
Date: 4/4/2004 1:21:00 PM
From Authorid: 48809
When it is thundering, I have heard people say, "Here comes the old man with the potato wagon!" lol.  |
Date: 4/4/2004 2:14:00 PM
From Authorid: 43807
Never heard it.
But quite an interesting saying.  |
Date: 4/4/2004 2:22:00 PM
From Authorid: 49091
What? I've bever heard of this. I really dont understand it either...LOL I've heard when it rains and the sun if out that a rainbow will appear and that is to remind us that god made all man-kind a promise that he would never flood the earth again like he did in Noah's Ark.  |
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Date: 4/4/2004 2:22:00 PM
From Authorid: 49091
I've always heard the rain was angels tears, thunder was angels bowling and nothing about lighting LOL |
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Date: 4/4/2004 2:34:00 PM
From Authorid: 54247
Wow! Thanks to all of you. Never heard of this Devil path! RAT |
Date: 4/4/2004 3:22:00 PM
From Authorid: 28989
During a thunderstorm someone once told me that it was God bowling--but I couldn't see the point in God bowling, since he would always score 300.  |
Date: 4/4/2004 3:57:00 PM
From Authorid: 49689
Yeah Medusa that's what I was able to find out about it :)  |
Date: 4/4/2004 9:00:00 PM
From Authorid: 53836
we used to say that God was bowling when it thundered and when there was lightening, we'd say he made a strike...but I've never heard the devil spill...must not be deep enough in the south :)  |
Date: 12/25/2004 5:52:00 PM
From Authorid: 7574
I've never heard that before, but I have heard the bowling one, my mom says that all the time :)  |
