There is considerable evidence in •up<port of the belief that at one time in Europe eacrifice* . were not offerings but a communion in the flesh and blood of some animal considered an object of worship. The worshippers wore the hides, head*, or horn* of the victims, in the belief that they would' acquire their virtues and strength. The old sacramental rite has survived in the wearing of ; animal masks in mumming, in the panJto-' 1 mime, and at carnivals.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 166, 16 July 1938, Page 10
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