Talk:St Peter's and St Paul's Church, Holsworthy

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Human sacrifice at consecration

The article Builders' rites currently claims the following:

In the 15th century, the wall of Holsworthy church was built over a living human being, and when this became unlawful, images of living beings were substituted.^[1]^[2]

References

^ Folk-Lore Journal, i. 23-24

^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Hughan, William James (1911). "Builders' Rites". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 762.

Human sacrifice in 15th century England? Seems unlikely to me, but I thought folks here might know better sources to verify or disprove this claim. Daask (talk) 20:36, 10 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Folk-Lore Journal, i. 23-24

[2] One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Hughan, William James (1911). "Builders' Rites". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 762.

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