In the Kyogen (farce played during a Noh cycle) "Satsuma no kami," there is depicted a priest who tried to get off the boat without paying the fare, so it has long been known as a kakekotoba (a pun used in Waka, what is now called dajare).
狂言『薩摩守』で船賃を踏み倒そうとする出家僧が描かれており、かなり昔からの掛詞（今で言う駄洒落）であると知れる。