Provincial Relief Office, Senn Ford Attachment to Loss Inquiry 44-B Received eight days after the return of the Empty River
The following directions were reconstructed independently by Mother Dell, Jessa Vard, Renn Tarrow, and four children conveyed to Var's orchard. All witnesses attributed the wording to Ena Arven, thirteen years of age, who spoke versions of the route before the flood.
No distance measures were supplied.
Leave Senn after the white mare foals, unless Berren covers the black stone.
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At the split ash, look to the mill. White cloth means the ridge is open. Red cloth means take widow's bend. No cloth means nobody there has promised us a road.
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If the north gate is chained, do not lead the wagons into Var's lower field. The field is firm until it is wanted.
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Keep the warm hill on the side away from your sleeping heart. Do not camp in the hollow when the frogs leave it.
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If the warm hill begins to sing, do not take the oldest road.
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If blue returns to the stones, wake the wagons. Do not wait for rain. Water may have fallen somewhere you cannot see.
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Leave the ash on the root side. Follow the wall until it forgets the field. Where two willows drink from one hole, cross toward the orchard.
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Count children by names, not households. Count again after the wall.
Clerk's assessment: The testimony contains no reproducible chain lengths, bearings, dated water levels, registered permissions, or singular account of causation. It is therefore unsuitable for inclusion in the official structural survey.
Disposition: Filed as post-event oral custom. No corrective action required.