I've heard of "pitching a coniption" or a "coniption fit"; it's about like "pitching a hissy with a crepe tail". My grandfather used to say "pigs are running around with sticks in their mouths" as an indication that he thought is was going to rain, but even though I grew up on a farm I never saw pigs actually do this. And speaking of pig-related sayings, there's "like a pig on a chicken" for going after something with great fevor, "the most fun I've had since the pigs ate my little sister" for an ironic reference to a good time and "he went to s**t and the hogs ate him" for somebody whose location is unknown. Evidently porcine behavior was a major source of literary inspiration around here before television came along.