When coins of the realm are sealed up in the stone when the foundation stone of a building is laid it is the survival of an ancient rite. It was the custom, at the ceremony of laying a foundation stone, to make human sacrifice, and the victim was walled up in the stonework. The belief was that this sacrifice to the gods assured the building's security. - » " _
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 196, 21 August 1939, Page 5
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