January 24

Posted by sydney on Jan 24th, 2009

Parus major
Parus Major, the Great Tit. Photo: Marek Szczepanek

  • 1784: January 24, 1784 – The Thermomr at Totnes, in the county of Devon abroad this evening, was, I hear, at 6.
  • 1781: January 24, 1781 – Flood at Gracious street.
  • 1775: January 24, 1775 – Dark & sharp, sun, cutting wind, hard frost. Icicles.  Note: Chaucer, speaking of Goassamer as a strange phenomenon, says, “As sore some wonder at the cause of thunder;/ on ebb, & flode, on gosomer, & mist;/And on all thing; ’till that cause is wist.”
  • 1774: January 24, 1774 – Stone-curlews still appear on Temple farm.
  • 1773: January 24, 1773 – Parus major sings.  Hedge-sparrow essays to sing.
  • 1771: January 24, 1771 – Sky strangely streaked with blue and red.  Wind & rain in the night.  Larks rise & essay to sing.  Daws begin to come to churches.