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your essential home reference section But here’s the thing... photo: Stuart Dow, Timekeepers Devon dowser’s invitation Dowser Gwynn’s ‘challenge’ SOUTH WEST WATER APART, many of the UK’s water companies are using divining rods to locate underground water pipes - according to Sally le Page, an evolutionary biologist at Oxford University - in spite of the fact that no scientific evidence seems to exist to explain how these pieces of bent wire or twigs ‘work’. So we asked Gwynn Paulett, chairman of Devon Dowsers - who had read the same press reports as us - for comment. He said that he was disappointed. “The company could save time and money because dowsing works”. He said: “Dowsing has been used for thousands of years to locate water and minerals beneath the earth’s surface. Dowsers were used to locate tin and other minerals in Devon in past centuries and every Devon village had a dowser to find water for local people and farms”. “Mains water replaced wells of course but dowsers are still called on to find a good supply of water for farms and householders, as well as to help with archaeology, health issues for humans and animals, and house clearing”. “Dowsing is used by utility companies, the police, the Military, mining and oil companies, farmers and golf clubs to provide irrigation, as well as some health professionals.” “The proof of dowsing is in its results”, Gwynn concluded. “It’s a quick and accurate way of searching for things or for finding out information”. An “Introduction to Dowsing” course will be held on Sunday 20th May 2018 at Spreyton village hall run by Devon Dowsers. See www.devondowsers. co.uk for contact details. Sensitive Dog approaches BOOK YOUR TABLE EARLY at your local Chinese restaurant for the celebrations to welcome in the forthcoming Year of the Dog which begins on 16th February. It will be a good year to quit smoking, move home or start a new business venture or write poetry - this last one because it is also going to be a ‘sensitive’ year. In the Chinese zodiac the sign of the Dog (and this year it is the Earth Dog who comes jumping into our laps) is a symbol of intelligence and protection and can also be a good sign for those who may feel deprived of hope or are socially excluded in some way. This could be a time of change for the better in their fortunes if they care to take the initiative and act positively for the long term. The rest of us should tread carefully and be especially mindful of the attitudes and needs of others in the year ahead. And finally, will the much vaunted plans for the re-opening of Devon’s branch railway lines progress one single iota this year, next year, the year after? Nope. Not a dog’s chance. Trailblazer’s Devon connection THERE IS A PLAQUE outside the church in Bradninch, near Exeter to one, Squire Boone, who was baptised in the church there on Christmas Day, 1696 and became the father of Daniel Boone, America’s first immortal Western frontiersman. In 1713, young Squire, a weaver, blacksmith and Quaker, left England for America to escape religious persecution. In 1720, he married fellow Quaker Sarah Morgan and Daniel, the sixth of the couple’s 11 children was born in their log cabin in Exeter Township, near Reading, Pennsylvania on November 2, 1734. Daniel grew up to become a hunter, trapper and guide on various military campaigns against the French and Native Americans and blazed the trail West for the tens of thousands of fellow immigrants who crossed the wilderness to find new lives on and beyond the great frontier. He married, had ten children and died peacefully in bed on September 26, 1820, aged 85 years, proclaiming “All you need for happiness in this life is a good gun, a good horse, and a good wife”. Name that moon FIRST IT WAS STORMS that were given names. This year our tv weathermen are reminding us that every full moon in the months ahead is something to be wondered at. This from the Farmers’ Almanac: January, Wolf Moon, February Snow Moon, March Worm Moon, April Pink Moon, May Flower Moon, June Strawberry Moon, July Buck Moon, August Sturgeon Moon, September Harvest Moon, October Hunters Moon, November Beavers Moon, December Cold Moon. Keep watchin’ th’ skies! JOHN FISHER 69
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