Yep, Dixie.. I remember well.. and my mother (a native Missourian) was one GREAT "witcher"!!! :-) All I know is that it worked for us when we needed to find water to dig a well in southern Idaho!!! Made a believer out of me and my VERY skeptical Dad back then!! :-) Norma M > Had to tell you in Missouri the divining rod is or > > was, when I was young, called a witch and the process was called > witching. Then too, the person witching was called a "witcher." > > How about that? Dixie >