Pull devil, pull baker


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Posted by Jeremy Kriewaldt on September 06, 2002 at 19:33:34 from 211.28.96.43 user JeremyKriewaldt.

In describing the tug-of-war between joe and Bill as they skin the eels in BS ch 5 Darkening clouds), AR uses the expression "pull devil, pull baker". Although the image is clear, to what is AR referring? Is it a folk story, a song, a children's rhyme or game or what?


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