Date:  Thu, 6 Nov 1997 09:36:02 -0600
From:  "Emerson, Jessie J" <jjemerso[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]INGR.COM>
Subject: Re: new subject

I've always assumed it was some sort of shortened biblical reference
relating to "hellfire and brimstone."

Jessie Emerson

    From Steve Alan Nolden
> Has anyone ever figured out the origin of the phrase "hell fire?" As
> used by Jeff Foxworthy.