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."
