Fisher, Peter; Higgens, Humphrey; Foote, Peter; Granlund, John (1998). «How it is safe to place arms in the church porch». Olaus Magnus: Description of the Northern Peoples. Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315090382. «WHEN the country dwellers in the North are about to enter their parish churches, they stack these weapons, particularly in times of peace, before the double doors or in the porch, and have no fear that they will be stolen while divine service is being held; then, when they are about to return to their own localities, they pick them up again. 1 For, by the law of their forbears, any who are discovered committing sacrilege are usually punished with an extremely severe penalty.»
Fisher, Peter; Higgens, Humphrey; Foote, Peter; Granlund, John (1998). «How it is safe to place arms in the church porch». Olaus Magnus: Description of the Northern Peoples. Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315090382. «WHEN the country dwellers in the North are about to enter their parish churches, they stack these weapons, particularly in times of peace, before the double doors or in the porch, and have no fear that they will be stolen while divine service is being held; then, when they are about to return to their own localities, they pick them up again. 1 For, by the law of their forbears, any who are discovered committing sacrilege are usually punished with an extremely severe penalty.»
