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<\/p>\nI can only imagine it\u2019ll be the same for me if I should be so lucky to live as long as she did.<\/p>\n
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In any case, I guess it\u2019s this sense of nostalgia that makes \u201cwhat\u2019s this?\u201d articles so popular online. By that I mean those pictures people upload with a desire to know was an familiar object is and what its purpose once was\u2026<\/p>\n
There\u2019s currently a new one doing the rounds, and one that seems to be particularly difficult to get right in terms of what it is and does.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ll be the first to admit that I had no idea what the below tool was when I first saw a photo circulating on the internet.<\/p>\n
Fortunately, however, there were people who did\u2026<\/p>\n
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At first glance it looks like a regular, old tree branch, V shaped but otherwise quite unremarkable.<\/p>\n
Yet its story as a useful tool for mankind goes all the way back to the 1500s, and a practice known as \u201cWater Dowsing\u201d.<\/p>\n
As per reports, the water dowser has several names, including a \u201cdiviner\u201d, \u201cdoodlebug\u201d, \u201cwell witch\u201d, or \u201cwater-finder.\u201d<\/p>\n
Its primary job? Yep, you guess it: to locate water!<\/p>\n
An individual would hold both branches of the stick in each hand, palms facing upwards. The stem of the V (the bottom bit where the two rods meet) is then titled toward the Earth at a 45-degree angle.<\/p>\n
The user then walks back and forth, supposedly looking for vibrations at the bottom of the V to promise signs of water hidden beneath the Earth.<\/p>\n
Apparently, dowsing with metal rods was a process used to find metals in the ground during the 1500s, though people began to then use the same method to find water for new homeowners living in rural areas.<\/p>\n