Show willii 1 robbing peter to pay paul by JEAN NEWTON IH 11 I 1 FOR this expression we have a story of good old anglo saxon flavor the famous westminster abbey in london was formerly st peters cathedral and a merry rivalry existed between it and st pauls in 1550 an appropriation was made from the funds of st peters to make up for a deficit tn st paul s there were of course the usual two factions those opposed to this procedure saying why rob st peter to pay st paul almost two hundred years later on the death of william patt athla sentiment again found expression for the two cemeteries were rivals for the honor of hla burial the municipality of london claimed that the great statesman should be burled alongside of kings and that to bury him elsewhere would again be robbing st peter to pay st paul the abbey won but we are still robbing peters to pay pauls copyright |