Nearly No One Recognizes This Antique Tool. Are You One Of The Few That Actually Know What It Is?
Recently, we came across this image and were completely stumped. What in the world could it be? The image circulated around the All Cute offices while we considered all of the different uses for what seemed like a very regular tree branch.
After a day of wondering what in the world it could be used for, we were finally given the answer! This branch was used for a practice stemming back all the way to the 1500s. The practice was called “Water Dowsing.”
If you aren’t familiar with the term Water Dowsing or the dowsing tool itself, perhaps you know it by one of its other names: a diviner, doodlebug, well witch, or water-finder. This tool, if you haven’t guessed by now, is used to find water. Of course, this is more of an old wives’ tale but, nevertheless, it was a common practice years ago.
The Y-shaped branch was used by an individual who would hold one branch of the stick in each hand with their palms facing upward. The stem of the “Y” (aka the bottom of the branch), then is tilted toward the Earth at a 45-degree angle. Once the tool is in position, the individual walks back and forth.
While the individual is walking back and forth, they are looking for the bottom of the Y to rotate toward the ground. The old wives’ tale states that the vibrations indicated at the bottom of the Y promise signs of water underneath the ground.
MINI STRAWBERRY CHEESECAKE TACOS
Air Fryer Apple Pie Taquitos
Hush, this is my little secret for keeping my man smiling—he can’t get enough
Super Creamy Lemon Pudding Recipe
My Wife Found Sweaters She Knitted for Our Grandkids at a Thrift Store – She Was So Heartbroken, I Had to Teach Them a Lesson
Honey Garlic Ribs
Breaking: Kid Rock Refuses to Do a Collaborative Tour with Taylor Swift, “We Need More Toby Keiths and Fewer Taylor Swifts”
Crafting Healthier and Easier Cheese in Your Own Kitchen
Throw some salt down the shower drain, why do so many people do it?
