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Old 25-01-2010, 19:28   #18
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Re: QI fact of the day

The expression "Robbing Peter to pay Paul" comes from a time when land belonging to Westminster Abbey (dedicated to St.Peter) was sold to raise money for repairs to St.Pauls Cathedral.


Taken from "A Miscellany of Britain" by Tom O'Meara
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