dowsing

Next time I look at the not insubstantial fee I have to pay for water and sewerage Ill console myself in relation to this story by the thought that I’m supporting an age old folk skill as well as their profits!

Almost all of the UK’s water companies have admitted their engineers use dowsing rods to detect leaks or find pipes, despite there being no scientific evidence for their efficacy.

Ten of 12 companies confessed their occasional use of divining rods – a form of magic that dates back hundreds of years which, in reality, relies on the same unconscious muscle reflexes as ouija boards.

In dowsing a practitioner holds either two small rods or a single larger, forked one, said to lead them to water sources.