'Hokey Pokey *IS* what it's all about!


It's is the old English bastardization of the words "Hoc est Corpus" or "This is my Body" which are the words of the priest in the pre-Vatican II Tridentine Mass at the moment of transubstantiation.

Given that Christ said "Unless you eat my body and blood, there is no life within you," we can see that according to ancient Christian teaching the promise of eternal life is impossible for those who fail to follow Christ's explicit commandment here, and the fulfillment of which can only be experienced within the discipline of the Holy Roman Catholic Church's Masses.'

from:
http://www.behindthename.com/bb/arcview.php?id=96334&board=gen

and here's another mudcat thread:
Hokey pokey and the Druids
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=11455