Chapter Desdemona to Devil and his Dam of D by Brewer's Phrase & Fable

Devil in Dublin City (The). The Scandinavian form of Dublin was Divel-in[a], and the Latin Dublinia. (See Notes and Queries, April 9th, 1881, p. 296, for another explanation.)

"Is just as true's the deil's in hell
Or Dublin city."
Burns: Death and Dr. Hornbook.

Devil looking Over Lincoln (The). Sir W. Scott in his Kenilworth has, "Like the Devil looking over Lincoln." A correspondent of Notes and Queries, September 10th, 1892, says -

"The famous devil that used to overlook Lincoln College, in Oxford, was taken down (Wednesday, September 15th, 1731), having about two years since [previously] lost his head in a storm." - Gentleman's Magazine, 1831, p. 402.

    We have other similar phrases, as "The devil looking over Durham."