I’ve been asked to come up with a “mascot” for the campaign fund at our church. I thought a fish, the “Holy Mackerel” would be appropriate. However, I don’t know where in the tar nation this term originated.
This won’t get answered here Holly Sweet. I suggest you email TubaDiva and ask her to move this thread to General Questions. Welcome to the boards.
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I can move it. Off ye go, my little roe.
I would have guessed “holy Mackerel” and “holy moley” were euphemisms for “Holy Moses,” but this site say they predate “holy Moses” by a few years.
Some people object to these “holy” expressions because (they say) they take the Lord’s name in vain. They use as evidence Revelation 15:4 which says of God, “Thou only art holy.”