March 27
Posted by sydney on Mar 27th, 2009
- 1792: March 27, 1792 – The ground in a sad wet condition, so that men cannot plow, nor sow their spring-corn. A wet March is very unkind for this district.
- 1787: March 27, 1787 – Swallows were first seen this year at Messina in Sicily.
- 1777: March 27, 1777 – A swarm of bees came forth at Kingsley, & were hived. From that day to April the 10th harsh, severe weather obtained with frequent frosts & ice, & cutting winds. How are these bees to subsist so early in an empty hive? On March 26 & 27, two, sunny sultry days, swallows were seen at Cobham, in Surry. Thermrs were at that time in London up at 66 in the shade.
- 1775: March 27, 1775 – The creeper, a pretty little nimble bird, runs up the bodies & boughs of trees with all the agility of a mouse. It runs also on the lower side of the arms of trees with it’s back downward. Stays with us all the winter.
- 1770: March 27, 1770 – Planted potatoes, five rows. Flights of snow. Red-wings congregate on trees & whistle inwardly. In their breeding-country they are good songsters: See Fauna Suecica.
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