A dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)

The DEVIL makes his Christmas pies of lawyers’ tongues and clerks’ fingers

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  1591 J. FLORIO Second Fruits 179 Of three things the Deuill makes his messe, Of Lawyers tongues, of Scriveners fingers, you the third may gesse [i.e. women]. 1629 T. ADAMS Workes 1059 Corrupt and consciencelesse lawyers you will confesse to be sharp and wounding brambles. .. The Italians haue a shrewd prouerbe against them. The Deuill makes his Christmas-pyes of lawyers tongues, and clerkes fingers. a 1697 J. AUBREY Brief Lives (1898) I. 422 Sir Robert Pye, attorney of the court of wardes,.. happened to dye on Christmas day: the newes being brought to the serjeant, said he ‘The devill haz a Christmas pye.’ 1952 ‘E. QUEEN’ Calendar of Crime 248 Well, well, it couldn’t have happened at a more appropriate season; there’s an old English proverb that says the Devil makes his Christmas pies of lawyers’ tongues. 1980 Times 24 Dec. 8 The Devil makes his Christmas-pies of television personalities’ tongues and journalists’ typing fingers: old English proverb, adapted. "honesty and dishonesty; law and lawyers
  

The DEVIL’s children have the Devil’s luck
Cf. the DEVIL looks after his own.

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  1678 J. RAY English Proverbs (ed. 2) 126 The Devils child the Devils luck. 1721 J. KELLY Scottish Proverbs 333 The Dee’ls Bairns have Dee’ls luck. Spoken enviously when ill People prosper. 1798 LD. NELSON Letter 20 July (1845) III. 42 It is an old saying, ‘the Devil’s children have the Devil’s luck.’ I cannot find.. where the French Fleet are gone to. 1938 R. A. J. WALLING Corpse with Grimy Glove vii. They must have had her hidden up somewhere.. and waited till after sundown to get away. The devil’s own luck—but the devil looks after his children. 1980 G. RICHARDS Red Kill viii. The Devil’s son has the Devil’s luck. We’re going to need that kind of luck. "luck