School: Druim Míleadh (roll number 14898)
- Location:
- Drumeela, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Ailbeard Mac an Ríogh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0229, Page 098
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Druim Míleadh
- XML Page 098
- XML “Water-Divining”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- (continued from previous page)generally carried out across a hill to catch all possible streams. The diviner also claimed that all under ground streams ran N.S. Of this I feel sceptical.
A simple map will illustrate my meaning of above points. [Drawing]His method of arriving at the correct depth was as follows. Having first ascertained the spot where the stream went down the slope he marked it and stepped back a considerable distance from the mark. He then approached the mark carefully and slowly with the stick in action. He was quite alert at this point and his breathing was high.
At the first sign of life in the stick he marked the spot. He measured the distance carefully between this point(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Albert King
- Gender
- Male
