tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post8567999017919661135..comments2024-03-09T05:53:59.542-05:00Comments on Oz and Ends: Shaken All AboutUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-1481847182091442692006-11-18T20:14:00.000-05:002006-11-18T20:14:00.000-05:00Michael Quinion's page on "hocus pocus" says there...Michael Quinion's <a href="http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-hoc1.htm">page on "hocus pocus"</a> says there's a 400-year tradition of associating that phrase with the Latin mass, but he's skeptical of the evidence.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-18649689515761105882006-11-18T19:16:00.000-05:002006-11-18T19:16:00.000-05:00I understood the Hokey-Cokey to be a song that ref...I understood the Hokey-Cokey to be a song that referred to Holy Communion, poking fun at it and the 'hocus-pocus' elements of consecrating the elements. The bit when you actually sing 'you do the hokey-cokey' are accompanied by the interlinked fingers, hands-together movement to left and right, which is meant to be indicative of when the priest puts his hands together over the chalice and paten to consecrate the elements under his hands.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com