really old style living?

mardatha

Still do it up here, Broomstick. Any new houses, they douse for the water first to know where to site the house

ginnyknit

Im sat here pondering about how many o/s things we forget, and when someone jogs your memory on here it all comes flooding back. I was taught dowsing when I was little (gypsy family). I dowsed in my aunties back garden and found out there was a stream running under the house, when you opened a trapdoor in the floor there was the water!

Just thought of where to go on my day out on Sunday - am a little stir crazy cos I have been stuck in the house for a week. So I remembered the PYO farm we used to go to - googled it and its closed down!

Gigervamp

I learnt to dowse at primary school! The headmaster was taking our class for the day and he took us out to the playground where we were blindfolded and spun around before trying to dowse for the drains. I was able to do it along with a couple of others. When I told my dad, he went out and cut me a y shaped branch and a little while later, he bought me a kit which included the rods and a pendulum.

Many years later, Dad bought me a lovely chrystal pendulum which I have hanging in the window.

Mind you, I haven't dowsed for years.

Broomstick

Might have known it was quite normal in here!:rotfl: Of course it is 'really old style' isn't it? Lovely stories - what a really sensible thing to teach children - and good to know it's still going strong. Has anyone had a go at doing hen's eggs?

B x

Gigervamp

Broomstick wrote: »

Might have known it was quite normal in here!:rotfl: Of course it is 'really old style' isn't it? Lovely stories - what a really sensible thing to teach children - and good to know it's still going strong. Has anyone had a go at doing hen's eggs?

B x

Haha, there are probably a few closet witches here.

I only have hens, so no chance of the eggs being fertile. Would be an interesting experiment though. I'll have to try and remember about dowsing the eggs if we ever go down the route of hatching some.

zarazara

My DH does Dowsing. I want a bit of a rant. local cafe has expressed interest in my homemade breads etc. Been down there for a chat. Came away feeling very very annoyed. Cant seems to get through to them that home grown organic and home made produce is going to be expensive. I cannot compete with tescos. I think they thought they would get cheap bead and cakes and salad stuff. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

mardatha

I have a pendulum but never tried dowsing for water with it... it's one of those things that you just KNOW will work and feel amazing, but the family thinks I'm weird enough already so better not push it...:)

hex2

My next door neighbours Dad was quite a famous dowser - used to be on TV and stuff. A set of rods came with the house... It doesn't work for me, but does for DH. We have two wells - both are blocked sadly.

DH would happily humanely exit the boys, he is a country boy and would think nothing of it. I thought they would make a nice christmas dinner .

zarazara - how frustrating for you. There does seem to be this mentality that small equals cheap, when actually large means eocnomy of scale.

made curry queen sauce today using home grown onions, rather pleased with myself.

RAS

mardatha wrote: »

I have a pendulum but never tried dowsing for water with it... it's one of those things that you just KNOW will work and feel amazing, but the family thinks I'm weird enough already so better not push it...:)

Why not? Go on try it.

ceridwen

Gigervamp wrote: »

I learnt to dowse at primary school! The headmaster was taking our class for the day and he took us out to the playground where we were blindfolded and spun around before trying to dowse for the drains. I was able to do it along with a couple of others. When I told my dad, he went out and cut me a y shaped branch and a little while later, he bought me a kit which included the rods and a pendulum.

Many years later, Dad bought me a lovely chrystal pendulum which I have hanging in the window.

Mind you, I haven't dowsed for years.

Giger

Can I sound a note of caution here - about hanging that crystal pendulum in the window? I thought about doing so - but wondered whether the Sun's rays might get "concentrated" through it and spark off a fire in my place. I decided against it.

I recently read a newspaper article about someone having a bit of crystal in the window (?think it might have been a crystal ball type paperweight???) which did exactly that - and the house burnt down:eek: