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Listen: The Assorted Selections Program"Water witcher" Don Thompson of Clearwater at the 1977 Florida Folk Festival - White Springs, Florida
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Folklore revival festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Community rites--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Rites--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Practices
Belief and custom
Magic beliefs
Water witching
Dowsing
Divination
Recreation--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Folk festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Older men--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Manners and customs
Personal Subjects
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Dowsing is the action of a person--called the dowser--using a rod, stick or other device--called a dowsing rod, dowsing stick, doodlebug (when used to locate oil) or divining rod--to locate such things as underground water, hidden metal, buried treasure, oil, lost persons or golf balls, etc. Since dowsing is not based upon any known scientific or empirical laws or forces of nature, it should be considered a type of divination.
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