August 14

Posted by sydney on Aug 14th, 2008
  • 1792: August 14, 1792 – Housed two loads of peat.
  • 1791: August 14, 1791 – Hirundines enjoy the warm season.  Late this evening a storm of thunder arose in the S., which, as usual, divided into two parts, one going to the S.W. & W. & the greater portion to the S.E. and E., & so round to the N.E.  From this latter division proceeded strong, & vivid lightening till late in the night.  At Headleigh there was a very heavy shower, & some hail at E. Tisted.  The lightening, & hail did much damage about the kingdom.  Farmer Spencer’s char-coal making in his orchard almost suffocated us: the poisonous smoke penetrated into our parlor, & bed-chambers, & was very offensive in the night.
  • 1790: August 14, 1790 – Young Hirundines cluster on the trees.  Harvest-bugs bite the ladies.
  • 1788: August 14, 1788 – H.W. & Miss W. left us & went to Newton.  Bro. Henry, & B. White, & wife came with little Tom, & Nurse Johnson.
  • 1787: August 14, 1787 – Gleaning begins.
  • 1784: August 14, 1784 – Plums show no tendency to ripeness.  Scalded codlings come in.  The wheat that was smitten by the hail does not come to maturity together: some ears are full ripe, & some quite green.  Wheat within the verge of the hail-storm is much injured, & the pease are spoiled.  A puff-ball, lycoperdon bovista, was gathered in a meadow near Alton, which weighed 7 pounds, & an half, & measured 1 Yard and One Inch in girth the longest way 3 feet two inches.  There were more in the mead almost as bulky as this.
  • 1782: August 14, 1782 – The lavant runs by the side of Cobb’s court-yard.  Swifts about High-Wycombe.
  • 1781: August 14, 1781 – The bank-martins at the sand-pit on Short-heath are now busy about their second brood, & have thrown out their egg-shells from their holes.  The dams & first-broods make a large flight.  When we approached their caverns, they seemed anxious, & uttered a little wailing note.  My well is low in water; but a constant spring bubbles up from the bottom.  Some neighbouring wells are dry.  My well is 63 feet deep.
  • 1780: August 14, 1780 – Sope-wort blows.  Dwarf elder continues in bloom.
  • 1775: August 14, 1775 – Two great bats appear.  They feed high: are very rare in Hants, & Sussex.  Low fog.
  • 1773: August 14, 1773 – Wheat-harvest pretty general.  Dark heavy clouds to the N.W. Heat unusually severe all this week!  This storm did great damage in & about London.
  • 1772: August 14, 1772 – Cloudless, sultry, dark.
  • 1770: August 14, 1770 – Pease begin to be hacked.  Saw two swifts.

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