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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—D

Draft

The Druids borrowed money on promises of repayment after death (Patricius). Purchas tells us of some priests of Pekin, who barter with the people in bills of exchange, to be paid in heaven a hundredfold.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894

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