We also had a cistern but it was built mainly for laundry because we lived in an area with sulphur water and it turned the clothes gray. My dad hauled drinking water from his job. Try as we might, we could never get used to drinking the sulphur water.

Gleni said:
There is little defense against stupidity is there.

"Folly, thou conquerest, and I must yield!
Against stupidity the gods
themselves struggle in vain."

Die Jungfrau von Orleans (The Maid of Orleans, 1801)
Friedrich Schiller

And now you know how welcome you are here Gina!

What great knowledgeable responses you've gained already, and of course another warm

Thank you everyone!