BOY AS WATER DIVINER
DOINGS WITH THE TWIG Picking up a water diviner's hazel twig, Dudley Nott, a 12-year-okl boy, who lives at Witheridge, Devonshire, had a shock when it began to twitch violently. The professional diviner, Mr. A. Knight, who was trying to find water for a new house, suspected that the lad, too, had the gift, and put him through a few tests. First, he blindfolded him and hid a half-crown in some long grass. When the hazel twig was placed in Dudley's hands it twisted and turned and led him directly to tho coin, which
he was ablo to pick up without difficulty, although blindfolded. Then he was asked to search for water. In a very short time he announced lie had found some, and when a well was sunk a plentiful supply was found. He is believed to bo the youngest exponent of the art in Britain.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21882, 18 August 1934, Page 2 (Supplement)
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151BOY AS WATER DIVINER New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21882, 18 August 1934, Page 2 (Supplement)
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