We had a well dug when we first moved out here,3metres in diameter,25metres deep,took 3 guys about a month to do it,all by hand.Cost me a fortune in fags,tea,and biscuits.
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But seriously,money well spent,I believe to have a well done now I heard was about £4,000.Have'nt said that I heard that new wells in Ovacik is now verboten.
The downside when the well was completed was I was informed that it was traditional to sacrafice a goat,and scatter its blood around the well.I was'nt sure whether the wellie men were taking the mick or not,but I agreed.The goat was bought and tethered by the well,the local butcher arrived to do the deed,and it seemed half the village arrived to witness the event.In the midst of all this my wife arrived back from Fethiye and demanded to know why half the village and a goat were in her back garden,when I explained she went ballistic,told me to chuck all the Turks over the wall,and give the goat to that nice Turkish couple up the road.
The goat had its throat cut,the well was blooded,the goat was butchered,and divided up between the wellie men and the butcher,I recieved a leg,did'nt dare give that to the wife,walked up the road and chucked it at the first stray dog.Is there a sacrafice when they do a bore hole.?
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