Hell's bells and little catfishes

[Laurence Horn]

At 11:16 AM -0500 3/10/06, Wilson Gray wrote:
>I've *read* a slight variation: "Hell's bells and little fishes!" This
>was in the late '40's or early '50's. I've never heard it spoken.

google offers some (albeit scant) attestations of

Hell's bells and little fishes
Hell's bells and little fish-hooks
Hell's bells and little peanut shells

--probably many more without the "little"

L

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