January 6

Posted by sydney on Jan 6th, 2009
  • 1793: January 6, 1793 – N. papers mention snow to the northward.  On this day Mrs Clement was brought to bed of a boy, her ninth child.  My nephews & nieces are now 61.
  • 1792: January 9, 1792 – Snow-drops, & crocus’s shoot.
  • 1789: January 6, 1789 – Thermr 25:18.  Fierce frost, sun, cutting wind.  Severe day.
  • 1787: January 6, 1787 – Paths dry: boys play at taw on the Plestor.
  • 1785: January 6, 1785 – No snipes in the moors of the forest, or on the streams.  No wood-cocks to be found this winter.
  • 1782: January 6, 1782 – Wells now rise considerably.  Bees come out of their hives.  Gnats play about.
  • 1781: January 6, 1781 – In the church-yard at Faringdon are two male-yew-trees, the largest of which measures 30 feet in girth.
  • 1773: January 6, 1773 – Hard frost, warm sun, dark.  Great rime.
  • 1769: January 6, 1769 – Hen chaffinches flock.
  • 1768: January 6, 1768 – Coughs and colds are general.  Provisions freeze within.

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