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From: "teri" <>
Subject: Fw: {not a subscriber} Re: [TXCem] dowsing & cross plains
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 14:40:23 -0600

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(who is also from Cross Plains, TX)

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From: "Wanda Irby" <>
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Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 10:07 AM
Subject: {not a subscriber} Re: [TXCem] dowsing


> Don Phillips wrote:
>
>>Hi Elayne Pair Gibbons and Sarah,
>>
>>Just wanted to say that I have read your recent "stuff" on dowsing and
>>plotting and found it very informative.
>>
>>Although I now live in NC and have for the past 38 years, I'm originally
>>from Texas ~ the Cross Plains, Rowden, Baird area.
>>I was raised on a farm near Rowden and we found our water wells by a form
>>of drowsing. It was called water witching. Dad was a master at this
>>craft. He didn't use a metal coat hanger ~ I doubt if there was such a
>>thing in those days ~ the '30s and early '40s? A three or four foot
>>length of a small willow tree limb made up Dad's magic tool. This was
>>held loosely, by the large end in my Dad's right hand. Dad would walk
>>around an area that he expected water to be found holding this length of
>>limb. When it was drawn toward the ground by the water, he would stop.
>>Then to make sure of his find, he would walk a few paces past the "hot"
>>area and come back to that spot. If the limb again made the bend toward
>>the ground he would know that a vein of water was there! Ah, there's
>>more. Daddy would then find out how deep the water was down under the
>>earth by counting the number of times that the limb went up and down. If
>>the water was more than about 15 feet down, he would st!
> a!
>>rt hunting another vein. Back then, wells were dug by hand so the closer
>>the water was to the surface, the better. By now I'm sure that you're
>>laying in the floor laughing your ass off, BUT ~ our 10 foot deep well,
>>found by this method, supplied all the water we needed. Neighbors also
>>had good wells found by Dad or other people blessed with this "power".
>>Anyway, just wanted to let you know that when I next visit my wife's
>>grave, I will be taking along two coat hangers to give this dowsing a try!
>>
> Hi Don, My mother also used a forked willow branch & found water that way.
> bTW did you know that most of Cross Plains burned in one of our wildfires
> this winter?
> Wanda in Seymour in the great State of Texas, USA!
>
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