Posted by Peter Roche on September 07, 2002 at 21:25:48 from 62.64.206.116 user badboy.
In Reply to: Re: Pull devil, pull baker posted by andy bolger on September 07, 2002 at 10:35:16:
The following was found in
E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Pull Devil, Pull Baker.
"Let each one do the best for himself in his own line of business, but let not one man interfere in that of another."
It appears to be more than a game!