水すい脈みゃく占うらない

noun

dowsing; water divining

Refers to the practice of searching for underground water using a divining rod or similar method.

• 昔むかしは水すい脈みゃく占うらないで井い戸どを掘ほる場ば所しょを決きめた。

  In the old days, they decided where to dig a well by dowsing.