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COURT HOUSE -2-
spring of 19-65.
The topping out ceremony i
in superstition and tradition.
Ancient construction
workers dabbed key supports with human and animal
blood to appease their gods and insure the strength
of the building. The Romans sacrifice humans to
rivers th eJI br iu
m when they bridges and aqueducts. The
ancient Norsemen tied bunches of corn to building
gables as a protection against lightning, and as an
offering to Wotan's horse. Wotan was the chief Norsediety.
Instead of human sacifices, and
daubs of blood, construction workers plant a flag on
the last beam.
They say they are not superstitious,
but they grin and sa] the ceremony brings them luck,
CU FOOT ON BEAM
The in place between perpendicular
members, and the task of bolting it in place begins.
The beam will be welded to the members later. Two
cat-footed workers perch over nothing but lots of-+raemeteemmesmeeeene
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Court house], script, October 3, 1963; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc982328/m1/3/: accessed May 31, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.