Re: [gardeners] finding wells
Janni (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Wed, 27 Feb 2002 10:46:39 -0600
The old timers here water witch (not with a bent stick, but with a forked
stick, where you hold onto the two forks and the 'tail' points to water). I
have never seen one work, but that doesn't mean it doesn't. The Indians did
it for years.
Janni
At 04:16 PM 2/27/02 +0000, you wrote:
>Dear Penny,
>
> Back in the old days my uncle claimed he was a water witch and could
> find water with a bent stick. Of course, this was in the Berkshires, in
> western Mass., where there are creeks, freshets, rivers, swamps, bogs -
> in short there is water everywhere. He took me out in the north field
> one summer day and I gave it a try. I was maybe l0. Sure enough the
> stick bent downwards. We were maybe l00 feet from a large brook at the
> time though. Looking back on it now, I'm doubtful about its veracity and
> really think it was the psychology of the situation that made the stick
> feel like it had to go down towards the ground.
>
> Is that how you and your husband located where to dig for your well?
>
> Carolyn
>
>
>
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