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water witch(er)†

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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See 1947 quote.

Quotations

1829

[Water may attract the willow to a certain extent, which may account for the Dutchman's art in discovering spring-wells with a forked stick.]

1885

There were certain persons, I do not remember what they were called, whether water doctors or water witches, who professed to be able . . . to tell where a well should be sunk. . . .

1947

"Yeah, I'm a witcher." "A what?" "A water witcher," he explained. "I witch for water--I find water. I dig wells."