What names do you have around here for a forked stick that’s used to show where there’s water underground? (What kind of wood?)
| DIVINING ROD | 336 |
| WITCHING STICK | 113 |
| WATER WITCH | 59 |
| WITCH STICK | 37 |
| DOWSING ROD | 32 |
| WATER STICK | 29 |
| FORKED STICK | 21 |
| DOWSER | 17 |
| WITCHING WAND | 15 |
| WILLOW | 13 |
| DIVINING STICK | 10 |
| NH | 10 |
| WATER-WITCH STICK | 10 |
| DOWSING STICK | 9 |
| WATER WAND | 9 |
| PEACH LIMB | 8 |
| SWITCH | 8 |
| WILLOW FORK | 8 |
| WITCHING ROD | 8 |
| WAND | 7 |
| WILLOW STICK | 7 |
| WISHING STICK | 7 |
| PEACH TREE LIMB | 6 |
| WITCH HAZEL | 5 |
| PEACH TREE | 4 |
| PEACH TWIG | 4 |
| PERSIMMON STICK | 4 |
| WATER FINDER | 4 |
| WATER SWITCH | 4 |
| WILLOW SWITCH | 4 |
| WITCH | 4 |
| WITCHING SWITCH | 4 |
| FORKED WILLOW STICK | 3 |
| PEACH TREE SWITCH | 3 |
| STICK | 3 |
| WATER-WITCHING STICK | 3 |
| WILLOW WAND | 3 |
| WILLOW WITCH | 3 |
| WITCH WAND | 3 |
| WITCHING WILLOW | 3 |
| WITCH’S STICK | 3 |
| CROTCH | 2 |
| DIVINER | 2 |
| DIVINING TWIG | 2 |
| DOGWOOD | 2 |
| HAZEL STICK | 2 |
| HAZEL WOOD | 2 |
| HICKORY | 2 |
| HICKORY STICK | 2 |
| PEACH | 2 |
| PEACH BRANCH | 2 |
| PEACH STICK | 2 |
| PEACH SWITCH | 2 |
| PEACH WITCHING STICK | 2 |
| PRONG | 2 |
| ROD | 2 |
| TWIG | 2 |
| WATER DIVINER | 2 |
| WATER ROD | 2 |
| WATER WITCH’S STICK | 2 |
| WILLOW CROTCH | 2 |
| WITCH HAZEL STICK | 2 |
| ANY WOOD | 1 |
| APPLE | 1 |
| APPLE FRESHLY CUT | 1 |
| APPLEWOOD | 1 |
| BALING WIRE | 1 |
| BEECH STICK | 1 |
| BENDING ROD | 1 |
| BEWITCHING | 1 |
| CHARM STICK | 1 |
| CHERRY OR PEACH | 1 |
| CHOKE-CHERRY BUSH | 1 |
| COAT HANGER | 1 |
| CONJURER’S STICK | 1 |
| CROOKED STICK | 1 |
| CROTCH STICK | 1 |
| CROTCHED STICK | 1 |
| DIVIDING ROD | 1 |
| DIVINE ROD | 1 |
| DIVINE STICK | 1 |
| DIVINING | 1 |
| DIVINING WAND | 1 |
| DOGWOOD STICK | 1 |
| DOW STICK | 1 |
| DOWNING ROD | 1 |
| DOWSEL | 1 |
| DOWSER STICK | 1 |
| DOWSING | 1 |
| DOWSING FORK | 1 |
| ELLUM STICK | 1 |
| FORKED | 1 |
| FORKED APPLE STICK | 1 |
| FORKED PEACH STICK | 1 |
| FORKED PERSIMMON STICK | 1 |
| FORKED STICK OF HICKORY | 1 |
| FORKED TWIG | 1 |
| FORKED WATER STICK | 1 |
| FORKED WILLOW | 1 |
| FORKED WILLOW TWIG | 1 |
| FORKED WITCHING STICK | 1 |
| FORKING STICK | 1 |
| “FRUIT TREE, FORKED STICK” | 1 |
| FRUIT TWIG | 1 |
| GADLIN ROD | 1 |
| GAMBLE-STICK | 1 |
| GAUGE | 1 |
| GREEN SAPLING | 1 |
| GREEN WOOD | 1 |
| GUIDE | 1 |
| GUIDER | 1 |
| GUIDING ROD | 1 |
| HAZEL | 1 |
| IRON BAR | 1 |
| IRON ROD | 1 |
| LIGHTNING ROD | 1 |
| LODESTONE | 1 |
| LONG | 1 |
| METAL | 1 |
| MO-JO STICK | 1 |
| NR | 1 |
| PEACH FORK | 1 |
| PEACH SPROUT | 1 |
| PEACH STICK WITH A CROTCH | 1 |
| PEACH TREE FORK | 1 |
| PEACH TREE WAND | 1 |
| PEACH TREE WOOD | 1 |
| PEACH TWIG WITH A CROTCH IN IT | 1 |
| PERSIMMON | 1 |
| PERSIMMON BUSH | 1 |
| PERSIMMON LIMB | 1 |
| PERSIMMON SWITCH | 1 |
| PERSIMMON TREE | 1 |
| PISS-WILLOW STICK | 1 |
| PLUM SWITCH | 1 |
| PROBING ROD | 1 |
| PRONGED STICK | 1 |
| PROVING ROD | 1 |
| RAINBAR | 1 |
| SHINNY STICK | 1 |
| SMELLING FOR WATER | 1 |
| SOURWOOD STICK | 1 |
| SWEETGUM WOOD | 1 |
| TITHING ROD | 1 |
| TREE LIMB | 1 |
| TUNING FORK | 1 |
| TURNICUE | 1 |
| TURNQUIST | 1 |
| TWINING FORK | 1 |
| TWITCH | 1 |
| VINING ROD | 1 |
| WATER DEVIL | 1 |
| WATER DOWSER | 1 |
| WATER FORK | 1 |
| WATER GUIDER | 1 |
| WATER PROBE | 1 |
| WATER SMELLER | 1 |
| WATER VEIN | 1 |
| WATER WILLOW | 1 |
| WATER WISHER | 1 |
| “WATER WITCH STICK, PEACH LIMB” | 1 |
| WATER WITCHING | 1 |
| WATER-WAY STICK | 1 |
| WATER-WITCHING ROD | 1 |
| WATER-WITCHING WAND | 1 |
| WHISHING FORK | 1 |
| WHISHING STICK | 1 |
| WIGGLE STICK | 1 |
| WILD CHERRY SWITCH | 1 |
| WILLOW TREE | 1 |
| WILLOW WITCHING STICK | 1 |
| WIRE | 1 |
| WISH ROD | 1 |
| WISHBONE | 1 |
| WISHING ROD | 1 |
| WISHING WAND | 1 |
| WISK | 1 |
| WITCH FOR WATER | 1 |
| WITCH HAZEL ROD | 1 |
| WITCH ROD | 1 |
| WITCH SWITCH | 1 |
| WITCH WATER | 1 |
| WITCHER | 1 |
| WITCHER STICK | 1 |
| WITCHING | 1 |
| WITCHING FOR WATER | 1 |
| WITCHING WIRE | 1 |
| WIZARD STICK | 1 |
| Y-STICK | 1 |
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