Template:Did you know nominations/October Horse

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The result was: promoted by Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 19:42, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

October Horse

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• ... that in ancient Rome, a horse was sacrificed to the deity Mars once a year on the Ides of October, with ceremonies in various venues involving different body parts of the dismembered horse?

• Comment: Not a self nom. No QPQ review is required according to current DYK rules. --PFHLai (talk) 07:14, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

Created/expanded by Cynwolfe (talk). Nominated by PFHLai (talk) at 07:14, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

• A long, well-sourced interesting article which passes all DYK criteria. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:08, 1 May 2012 (UTC)