DOWSING: Finding Water with a Forked Stick. Odyssey | December 1, 2000| | COPYRIGHT 2000 Carus Publishing Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

During the 1800s, it seemed that everybody knew a story about dowsing. Usually the well dried up, it hadn't rained for months, and farmers were hoeing rocks and dust instead of good soil in their fields. Then the "professor" came to town, offering to use his surefire dowsing rod to locate a new underground water supply -- for a small fee, of course.

Dowsing? Some call it divining, water witching, doodlebugging, or "rhabdomancy," but fancy names don't make any difference. Dowsing is the practice of finding water or minerals below the Earth's surface using a dowsing ...

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