January 18
Posted by sydney on Jan 18th, 2009
- 1789: January 18, 1789 – A swan came flying up the Lythe, & without regarding objects before it, dashed itself against Dorton-house, & fell down stunned. It recovered, & was sold the miller at Hawkley.
- 1786: January 18, 1786 – Covered the spinage-bed with straw: the celeri & winter-lettuces are also covered.
- 1784: January 18, 1784 – Clouds put up their heads.
- 1780: January 18, 1780 – The ground very dirty, & hollow from the frost.
- 1776: January 18, 1776 – Cats catch all the birds that come in from the cold. Wagtails retire to brooks, & rivulets; there they find the aureliae of water-insects. Titmice pull the mosses & lichens off from the trees in quest of grubs &c: Nuthatches do the same.
- 1774: January 18, 1774 – Considerable snow on the ground, frost.
- 1772: January 18, 1772 – Snow covers the ground. Larks congregate in vast flocks.
- 1771: January 18, 1771 – Barometer sinks apace. Dark sun, stars dark.
- 1770: January 18, 1770 – Vast aurora: a red fiery broad belt from E. to W.
- 1769: January 18, 1769 – The sheep on the downs are very ragged & their coats much torn: the shepherds say they tear their fleeces with their own mouths, & horns: & that they are always in that way in mild wet winters, being teized & tickled with a kind of lice.
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