December 18th. The Wind W. very calm, cold & raw and raining all the morning, as it did all last night from 5 in the Evening without any intermission —– the Meadows all under water, the Evening fair & pleasant. |
19th. The Wind N.W. cold & raw all day, dark & cloudy, yet made no rain, the Parson preached oni.['on 1' sw]Cor . chap. 11th. vers.27.28. |
20th. The Wind E. raining in the Morning till 9. then fair & dry; about 2 in the Evening the Wind came to N.W. very cold & raw & the Air moist withall. |
21st. 5● [this is written vertically immediately below '21st.' sw] The Wind N.W, blowing very cold, black driveing clouds with intervalls of Sun–shiny weather, the work upon the farm the same as last week, the Gardiner is a cleaning and preparing of ground to sow Pease & Beans the first Crop pd Ann Parry .the Dumb Woman 2s for knitting stockins at the rate of one penny a day. |
22d. The Wind W. & calm, indifferent cloudy & cold, the Markett at Llanerchymedd the Same as last week. |
23d. The Wind N.N.W. blowing a great storm all day with some showers of hail, & very cold. turned the Water over two other places in Cae'r Beudy in Bodelwyn to day. I set up the Gate (that Hugh Wms. of Llanerchymedd had made ) at the End. of the West Walk next the Wall garden . |
24th. The Wind N.N.E. fair & calm, haveing freezed hard last ['last' is written in the margin sw] night, Yesterday & to day, Wethers, & Ewes were killed Both for my own use, & also to distribute some to the poor, Sowed Pease and Beans to day for the first time the work upon the farm the same as last week. |
25th. The Wind S.W. blowing high & stormy all day, & cold withall yet made no rain till <in the> night when it rained a great deal, The Parson preached in ye Plygain(as I was told,for I was not at it)on. Heb. Chap 2d. vers.16th. |