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Diary
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ January. Thursday 1 B W 3 to 8. Friday 2 Unemployed. Saturday 3 Unemployed 11/4d. Sunday 4 R Von Owen at 2. Monday 5 Tuesday 6- Evans the Lay Agent preaches at Pisgah for
the first time. Wednesday 7 Mary Griffith Penbwlch Bach dies. Thursday 8 O Owens and I go to the funeral of the
lady from Efail Rhos Aberdaron. Friday 9 Saturday 10 Mary Penbwlch Bachs funeral at Nebo. Sunday 11 Evans the Lay Agent. Monday Friday 12 to 16 Unemployed. Saturday 17 Unemployed 14/2. Sunday 18 B W 3 to 8 am. Monday 19 B W 10 pm to 3 am. Tuesday Saturday 20 to 24 Unemployed. Sunday 25 Prayer Meeting at 2 and 6. B W 5 to 10 pm. Monday 26 Unemployed. BW 5 to 10pm. Tuesday 27 6/8d for a cwt of corn for the hens from
Eifion. B W 8pm to 1am. Wednesday 28 Unemployed. Bag of oats from Eifion
15/-. Thursday 29 B W 3 to 9. Friday 30 Unemployed. Saturday 31 - B
W 9.30 am to 2.30 pm. Unemployed 8/8d. February Sunday 1 James Elder at 2 and 6. Monday 2 Unemployed. Tuesday 3 B W 1 to 5 am. Thrashing at Penarfynydd. Wednesday 4 Unemployed. Thursday 5 At Penarfynydd topping the haystack. Friday 6 Unemployed. B W £1/2/6d. Saturday 7 Topping the haystack at Penarfynydd,
Robert Evans gave me a £1 and will give me 11/- later. Unemployed 8/6d. Sunday 8 B W 12.30 to 4.30 am. Only E Williams,
Jenat Bwlch and I attend chapel, Evans was supposed to preach. Heavy rain. Monday 9 B W 12.30 to 5.30 am. Tuesday 10 Unemployed. Wednesday 11 B W 3 to 8 am. B W 5 pm to 10pm. Thursday 12 Unemployed. Friday 13 B W 8 to 8 am. B W 10/1d. Unemployed 8/6d. Saturday 14 Unemployed. Sunday 15 Joseff Jones at 2 and 6. B W 2.30 to 6.30
am. Monday 16 Letter from RHT to say that Anne Owen has
died. B W 1 to 6pm. Tuesday 17 LSA drill. B W 2 to 7pm. Wednesday 18 Unemployed. Thursday 19 Unemployed. Anne Owens funeral at
Denio Pwllheli. Friday 20 B W 4 to 9 am. Saturday 21 Unemployed 8/6d. Sunday 22 Prayer Meeting at 2. Roberts the lad
thats staying with Evan Llwynfor starts preaching. Monday 23 Roping
the haystack at Penarfynydd. Tuesday 24 Half at Penarfynydd. B W 11pm to 4 am. Wednesday 25 Had a letter from John Safn Pant asking
me to put a floor on the chamber (bedroom) at Penbwlch. Thursday 26 B w £2/3/10d. Sent John Pritchard a
letter. Friday 27 Cleaned the wagon after the LSA drill. Saturday 28 Unemployed 8/6d. March Sunday 1 Evans Lay Agent. B W 4.30 to 9.30. Monday Tuesday
2 to 3 Unemployed. Wednesday 4 Putting a partition in the barn at Glwyd.
Had 2/6d from Daniel for cleaning the ropes (LSA) Thursday 5 Started at Carreg Lefain Bach and went to
Aberdaron to fetch sand. Friday 6 B W 5 to 10 am. Half at Carreg Lefain. Saturday 7 B W 6 to 10 am. Unemployed 8/6d. B W 5/7d Sunday 8 Prayer Meeting at 2 and 6. I stay home I
have a headache. Monday 9 Putting a piece in the door frame at Carreg
Lefain. Tuesday 10 Still working on the frame. Wednesday 11 Half cementing around the door and the
windows. Thursday 12 Half at Carreg Lefain still with the
door and windows. Friday 13 Half again. Heavy rain. B W 10/1d.
Unemployed 12/6d. Saturday 14 Sent the money for the monthly books £1/1/9d.
Went to Aberdaron to Ty Fry, Cae Mur and Penbryn Bach. Sunday 15 R Von Owen at 2 and 6. Had tea at Llawenan
and then went to Pencaerau chapel in the evening. Monday 16 - Digging
the garden at Penarfynydd,. Everyone here has a cold. Tuesday 17 Half at Penarfynydd cutting the brambles
at the bottom of the garden. Wednesday 18 Unemployed. Hard weather winds from the
east. Thursday 19 Shut
the hens in. Planted the early potatoes in the patch below the parlour window. Friday 20 In bed with flu. Saturday Tuesday 21 to 24 In bed. Wednesday 25 I got up even though I dont really
feel well. Sent RHT a letter. Everyone heres in bed today. Thursday 26 Unemployed. Friday 27 Finished planting early potatoes and
onions. Unemployed 8/6d. Saturday 28 Unemployed. Sunday 29 B W 12 to 5 am. Monday 30 Unemployed. Everyones sick here today. Tuesday 31 B W 5 to 10pm. April. Wednesday 1 B W 11/3d. B w 6 to 11pm. Thursday 2 B W 6/7d. Laying the floor in Penbwlch. Friday 3 B W 3 to 8 am. Saturday 4 Cementing in CarregLefain bach.
Unemployed 8/6d. Sunday 5 - Joseff
Jones at 2 and 6. Monday 6 Unemployed. Tuesday 7 B W 4 to 8am. Half at Carreglefain
cementing. Wednesday 8 Working at Penarfynydd. B W 10/1d B W 12
to 4am. Thursday 9 B W 2 to 5 pm. Sack of feed from Eifion
15/-. Friday 10 At Penarfynydd. RHT brings the wireless
and sets it up. Saturday 11 B W 9/-. Planted a row of potatoes at
Bryngoleu. Sunday 12 Joseff Jones at 2 and 6. Monday 13 B w 3 to 7am. Half at Penarfynydd taking
down the fence at Borthwen. Tuesday 14 Penarfynydd. Wednesday 15 Unemployed. Thursday 16 Finished putting the wire netting
in Cae Pant Penarfynydd. Friday 17 Half at Penarfynydd furrowing the plough
(?) B W 4/6d Hard wind from the north. Unemployed 14/2d. Saturday 18 B W
3 to 7 am. Half at Penarfynydd putting the wire netting in Pant field. Sunday 19 B W 11 am to 4 pm. Welsh Service from
Llanelli on the radio. Monday 20 - Sorting
potatoes and started on digging the garden at Penarfynydd. Went to Erw to finish
installing the oven. Tuesday 21 - Helping
with the planting in Penarfynydd. The wind is cold and hard. Wednesday 22 Half sowing wheat. Thursday 23 It rained a little in the night. Sowing
again today and finishing planting the patch by the house. Friday 24 B W 4 to 9 am. Half at Penarfynydd. Saturday 25 Moving the harrow to Cae Crwth. Cut
brambles by the apple tree. Heavy rain. Unemployed 8/6d. Sunday 26 Prayer Meeting at 2 and 6.30. B W 6am to
11am. Monday 27 Carrying stones to make a floor at
Carreglefain. Went to Aberdaron to fetch sand. Tuesday 28 Cementing. Wednesday 29 Started sowing Cae Crwth at
Penarfynydd. Sowed two pecks (old measure) from Hendy. Thursday 30 Sowing wheat again at Penarfynydd. B W
11/3d. May Friday 1 Penarfynydd.Unemployed 2/10d. Saturday 2 Half at Penarfynydd gathering gorse and
started sowing Barley in Penrorsedd field. In the afternoon I went to Llawenan
to cement the chimney. Sunday 3 Preacher from Bangor at 2. Monday 4 Gathered gorse from Borthwen and sowed a
peck of barley in Penrorsedd field. Tuesday 5 B W 6 to 10 am. Half at Penarfynydd.
Robert and Rolant have gone to take the heifer. Wednesday 6 Gathering gorse and sowed a peck. Spread
muck on the rows of peas and beans in the garden. Thursday 7 Half. Daniel calls for me to go to the B
W 12 to 4 pm. Friday 8 LSA drill 5/-. Seaviews motor takes the
equipment down for the drill. Saturday 9 Gathering gorse and sowing grass seeds in
Penrorsedd field. Sunday 10 B W 2 to 7 am. Went to do the milking in
Rhiwlas, Daniels not well. Monday 11 B W 3 to 8 am. Went from Bytilith to do
the milking for Daniel. Half at Penarfynydd sowing clover seed. Tuesday 12 B W 8 to 12. Half finishing sowing the
clover and finishing in the garden. Wednesday 13 Went to the fair. B W 11 pm to 4am. Thursday 14 Half at Penarfynydd putting a new
leather belt on the pump. Friday 15 B W 12 to 5 am. Mist and rain today. Half
at Penarfynydd. Robert Evans gave me £5. Saturday 16 - Gathering
gorse and preparing the pump. Went to a meeting in the school after tea at 5. Sunday 17 Evans Pen y Groes who is staying at
Moelwyn preaches at 10. Monday 18 Moving the sheep to Bytilith and rolling
the potatoes. Tuesday 19 With Daniel at the Rocket House clearing
and sorting the ropes after the drill. B W £2/1/1d. Half at Penarfynydd closing
gaps with twigs and branches so the sheep dont get out of Bytilith. Wednesday 20 Got
up too early this morning, got the hour mixed up. Thursday 21 - Harrowing
the turnips and went to Llawenan
for barley. Friday 22 Made a trough for the piglets and gathered
stones with Lewis Bwlch in Pwllfadog field. Saturday 23 Getting the sheep off the mountain in
the morning. The new mare comes from Ysgo. R Evans has paid all the money due to
16th of May. Sunday 24 Joseff Jones at 2 and 6. Monday 25 Sowing the barley below the turnip patch. Tuesday 26 Sowing barley again. Wednesday 27 Weeding and preparing to fertilise. Thursday 28 Finished making the trough for the
piglets. Rain. B W 8 pm to 12. Friday 29 At Tyn Lon Fawr putting up the guttering. Saturday 30 Sealing the roof at Carreg Lefain Bach. Sunday 31 Youth instead of R Von Owen. June. Monday 1 Got the sheep back from Bytilith. Tuesday 2 Got the sheep down from the mountain ,
weeding in the afternoon. Wednesday 3 Went to Botwnnog to get medicine for
Leila. B W 2 to 6pm. Thursday 4 Weeding, drilling the turnips and mangles
after tea. Friday 5 Weeding again, drilling mangles. Rain in
the afternoon. Whitewashed the stable loft with the stuff that was left over by
Dafydd Mur Melyn. Saturday 6 Heavy rain. BW 9/-, 2/6d for cleaning the
wagon. Sunday 7 B W 1 to 5 am. Earthquake at 2 am, many
that were in their beds heard it, and in other parts chimneys have fallen. Monday 8 Getting sheep off the mountain. Finished
collecting stones. Tuesday 9 Mist and rain in the morning. B W 4.30 to
9.30pm. Wednesday 10 Mist and rain, the weather is
exceptionally wet and its impossible to do anything. B W 10.30 to 3.30 am. Thursday 11 The mist cleared at 3 am. Half a day
weeding the potatoes. Friday 12 B W 15/9d. Bag of feed from Eifion. Saturday 13 Weeding potatoes and laying gravel in
the front of the house. The Methodists have their festival at Aberdaron. Sunday 14 No preacher. Evans is ill. B W 10 am to 2
pm. Mist and rain no one can remember the weather being so wet ever before. Monday 15 Getting the sheep off the mountain to
neuter the lambs. Put Llawenan dragger through the potatoes in the afternoon. B
W 9 pm to 2 am. Tuesday 16 Mist and rain the weather is so wet these
days exceptional. Half weeding dock leaves in Cae Cocrwth. Went to Pant with Mrs
Jones to see what needed cementing. Ysgos mare is with the stallion. Its
still raining. Wednesday 17 Opened the drain at the back of the
hovel. Thursday 18 Weeding the potatoes. Robert goes to the
Managers Meeting. B W 9.30 to 2.30 am Friday 19 Half weeding potatoes. Morris and his wife
at Penarfynydd. Its drying well today the wind is from the north. Saturday 20 Weeding. Drying well. Sunday 21 Thomas Ellis M C at 2. Fine Sunday mist at
times. Monday 22 Fertilising and banking the rows. Tuesday 23 Banking the rows and sowing turnips. Wednesday 24 Shearing at Bodwyddog. Thursday 25 Dipping the sheep, then making the hovel
narrower. The weather is much better this week. Friday 26 Wallpapering at Bwlchgarreg. Saturday 27 Making a sheepfold. Weeding potatoes. B
W 15/9d. Sunday 28 B W 2 to 5. Heavy most. James Elder at 2.
Roberts thats staying at Moelwyn at 6.30. Monday 29 Shearing. Tuesday 30 Took the wheels to Refail Bach. Weeding
in the afternoon. July. Wednesday 1 Finished weeding. At Llawenan in the
afternoon painting the house. Thursday 2 Thinning the patch at Cefnydd. Friday 3 - B
W 5/7d. LSA at 2 pm 5/-. B W 7 pm
to 12 mist and rain. Saturday 4 Went Aunt Sarahs funeral in Llanrug. Sunday 5 Rev Thomas Griffith Ellis Aberdaron at 2
and 6.30. Monday 6 Thinning turnips and starting to cut hay in
Cae Pwllfadog. Tuesday 7 - Cutting
Cae Pwllfadog and started on the top of the Barn field. Wednesday 8 - Cutting
gorse in the morning and cutting hay in the afternoon. Showers today. Thursday 9 - In
the barn field cutting round the edges, the machine breaks down, the rod snaps. Friday 10 Isaac goes away for the last time 1oth of
July 1921. Started cutting Cae Dryll, carried 4 loads from Pwllfadog until nine. Saturday 11 Cut the hedge in Dryll. Finished
carrying Pwllfadog two and a half loads. Rain in the evening. Sunday 12 Evans Moelwyn View ar 2 and 6. B W 3 to 3
am. Monday 13 - Dryll
mawr again. Turning the hay in the barn field. Five loads from Pwllfadog. Tuesday 14 Cutting Dryll and barn field, turning hay
at the top end of dryll and carried four loads from barn field. Wednesday 15 Carrying hay until 8.15. Thursday 16 - Cutting
hay. Went to Trip to fetch a load of rakes to turn the hay. Rain started at 8
pm. Friday 17 Isaacs birthday, he would be 32 if he
were still in the land of the living. Matting today. Rain. B W
11/8d. Saturday 18 Got the sheep from the mountain to take
the lambs to Cae Pant. Carried three loads from Dryll. Parry Bodwyddog buys the
lambs. Sunday 19 R Von Owen at 2 and 6. Monday 20 Took the lambs up to Tyn Mynydd to meet
Parry Bodwyddog. Carried six loads from Dryll. Tuesday 21 Cut Dryll below the house carried three
loads from Dryll mawr. B W 9 pm to 12. Wednesday 22 Making ropes with straw at Ty Croes
Bach. Turned the hay at Dryll after tea. Thursday 23 Second cut at Dryll below the house.
Carried seven loads from Dryll below the road. John Morris is here with his
cart. Friday 24 Third turn for the hay in Dryll. Went with
John Morris to rake the hay at Dryll until teatime. After tea went to close the
drain in the hovel field. Saturday 25 B W 3 to 8 am. Sunday 26 Griffith Thomas Roberts at 2 and 6. Monday 27 Turning hay at the botton of Dryll field.
Carried six loads until 0pm. Tuesday 28 Cut the slope in Dryll. Made the bed for
the haystack in the shed. Wednesday 29 A year today!! Half getting the rakes
from Dryll Mawr. Went to Ty Croes Bach to see to the oven. B W 9 pm to 2 am. Thursday 30 Home painting the kitchen. Friday 31 Took the fence down in Cae Pant for the
sheepdog trials. Got the sheep from the mountain and cut the grass in the garden
later. August. Saturday 1 Carried six loads of hay. Sunday 2 Richard Jones Pwllheli at 6.30. Monday 3 Carried ten loads of hay. Tuesday 4 Cut the slope in Dryll, thick grass cut it
one way. B w 16/10d. Wednesday 5 Half. Rain in the afternoon. The machine
breaks down. Nell goes to Pwllheli. Thursday 6 Finished turning Dryll below the house. Friday 7 Turning and carrying hay. Saturday 8 Rainy day. Started making ropes. Cut
bracken. Heavy rain at night. Sunday 9 B W 3 to 8 am. Ellis Owen Lloyd at 10. Monday 10 Rope making in the morning. Fencing
pentrwyn and turning hay. Tuesday 11 First sheepdog trials at Blawdty. Wednesday 12 Mist and rain. Thursday 13 Raking
hay. Dipping the sheep until 10 pm. Friday 14 Making ropes in the morning. Cutting docks
in the afternoon. Started lifting the mangles. Richard pays me the £5 I lent
him. Saturday 15 Fencing at pentrwyn in case the sheep
start eating the haystack. Sunday 16 B W 11 pm to 6 am. Monday 17 Weeding the mangles in the morning.
Turning hay. Rolant has gone to see the policeman to get the papers to take the
lambs away. Tuesday 18 B W 2 to 5 am. Went straight from
Bytilith to Penarfynydd. Finished carrying the Dryll field. Wednesday 19 Made a mat to put over the hay. Rolant
and Robert have gone to the Preaching Festival at Rhoshirwaun. Nell and the
children have gone to town. Thursday 20 B W 7.30 am to 11 am. B W 16/10d. Friday 21 Rolant and Robert take the bull to the
sale. Saturday 22 Flower Show in Rhiw. Sunday 23 Roberts and the brother from Moelwyn
View at 6.30. Monday 24 Sheep dipping in the morning. Getting
Pwllfadog field ready for the calves. Tuesday 25 B W 2.30 to 7.30. Preparing the haystack
with ropes ready to secure. Wednesday 26 - Securing
the haystack. Nell goes to town to get the first train to go and take Regs
headstone to Clun to put on his grave. Thursday 27 Making ropes and putting them on the
haystack. Friday 28 Shearing the lambs. Saturday 29 Edgar Morris and I go on a trip to
Caernarfon. Sunday 30 Thomas Ellis Pwllheli at 2 and 6.30. Monday 31 Cut around Penrorsedd field. Gathered the
sheep for Emyr Bodwrdda. September. Tuesday 1 Started cutting barley in penrorsedd. Wednesday 2 Home today. Nell arrives back today. Thursday 3 Rope making. I go to the sale with Rolant
and Robert. Friday 4 - Rope making in the morning. B W in the
afternoon. B W £1/2/6d. Saturday 5 B W 3 to 8 pm. Sunday 6 Evans Cricieth that used to be in Rhiw at
2. Monday 7 Cutting around dryll cefnenus. Cutting
barley in penrorosedd. Tuesday 8 Finished cutting barley in penrorsedd,
good weather. Wednesday 9 Cutting dryll cefnenus. Nell and Edgar
Morris go to town. Thursday 10 Cutting around cae crwth and turned the
barley. Good weather. Friday 11 Cuttin cae crwth. Rain this evening.
Rolant and I mat the hay. Saturday 12 Heavy rain this morning. B W 12 to 4pm.
At Tyddyn Morthwyl putting a floor in the shed. Sunday 13 Sunday School Richard Jones Pwllheli asks
questions. Monday 14 Cutting cae crwth until the rain comes.
Killed a lamb after dinner. B W 11 pm to 4 am. Tuesday 15 Mucking out the chicken shed. Cutting
with the scythes in the afternoon. Wednesday 16 Finished cutting wheat in cae crwth. Thursday 17 Putting up the guttering at Pant. Friday 18 Cutting barley. Saturday 19 Cutting sedges at Borthwen. Sunday 20 W G Williams. Monday 21 Harvesting. Tuesday 22 Carrying the barley from cae penrorsedd.
Pound of butter 1/5d. Wednesday 23 Carrying the barley for thrashing in
the winter. Thursday 24 Carrying until 10. Friday 25 Gathering chaffs. Saturday 26 Thrashing at Penarfynydd and Ty Rhedyn.
Eclipse of the moon tonight. Sunday 27 B W 3 to 8 am. Monday 28 Robert is thrashing at Llawenan. Tuesday 29 Carrying Cae crwth. Pound of butter from
Penarfynydd 1/2d. Wednesday 30 Rain. Making ropes. Put straw falters
on the sheep. Paid 10/- for wood for the parlour floor. October Thursday 1 Making ropes and scything round the corn
stack. Quarterly Meeting at Pisgah. B W 3 to 3 am. Friday 2 B W 15/9d. Elin Trip pays me 10/-. Saturday 3 B W 3 to 8 am. Gathering chaff to top the
corn stack. Pound of butter 1/2d. Sunday 4 The new preacher from Aberdaron D Arthur
Morgan for the first time. B W 7 to 12 pm. Monday 5 Taking the barbed wire down in the church
land and put it down in the bottom of dryll mawr. Making ropes. Tuesday 6 Carrying sedges and cutting bushes until
three. LSA drill in the evening 5/-. Pound of butter 1/3d. B W 10pm to 3 am. Wednesday 7 B W £1/2/6d. Half at Ysgo. Nell and
Edgar Morris go to town. Thursday 8 Finishing the top of the straw rick and
started on the the rick near the shed. Friday 9 B W 2 to 7am. Finishing the stack near the
shed and went to Ysgo. Saturday 10 Gathered the sheep off the mountain to
get the lambs down to the pastures. Started on the top of the haystack for the
cattle. Pound of butter 1/3d. Sunday 11 Prayer Meeting at 2 and 6. Monday 12 Putting a top and ropes on the haystack. B
W 10 pm to 3 am. Tuesday 13 Putting ropes on the haystack. Pound of
butter 1/3d. Wednesday 14 Made the top for the wheat stack. Thursday 15 Finishing the top and roping the hay
stack. Friday 16 Robert is in Ysgo thrashing. Saturday 17 Daniel castrates the calves. Pound of
butter 1/3d. 103 days. Sunday 18 Morgan the preacher at 2. Monday 19 Harvest Festival. Morgan at 2. B W 11/3d. Tuesday 20 Finished putting the ropes on the wheat
stack. Started picking potatoes in the afternoon. Wednesday 21 Picking potatoes. Pound of butter 1/3d. Thursday 22 Picking potatoes. Friday 23 Picking potatoes. The Liberals hold a
meeting at the school at 7pm. Jini Bwlchffordds funeral. Saturday 24 Picking potatoes. Pound of butter 1/4d. Sunday 25 Prayer Meeting at 10 and 6. Joseff Jones
doesnt turn up. Monday 26 Finished picking potatoes. Tuesday 27 Election day. Pound of butter 1/4d. Wednesday 28 Cutting bracken. Thursday 29 Cutting bracken the rain prevents us
from carrying it. Washed the engine. Friday 30 Half carrying bracken. Robert Evans has
gone to the auction. Saturday 31 Robert and I put barbed wire down in
dryll. Went to install the oven at Lon Las after tea. Pound of butter 1/4d. November Sunday 1 B W 3 to 8.30 pm. Prayer Meeting at 2 and
6. Monday 2 Spent the day trying to catch the foal and
mucking out the shed. Tuesday 3 B w 2.30 to 7.30 am. Pound
of butter 1/4d. Wednesday 4 Mucking out the small cowshed. B W 6.30
to 11.30 pm. Thursday 5 Robert Evans is in bed with a cold. Friday 6 With the cattle and mucking out. Robert and
Jane Catrin are both ill. Saturday 7 With the cattle. Rolant has gone to
Aberdaron to get muck (?) Pound of butter 1/4d. Sunday 8 J H Jones who used to be a lay agent at 6.
B W 1 to 5 am. Monday 9 With the cattle. Robert gets up by the
evening. B W £1/7/6d. Tuesday 10 Pound of butter 1/4d. Wednesday 11 - B
W 2.20 to 7.30 am. Went to the Fair. Thursday 12 With the animals. Robert is still in bed
B w 10 pm to 3 am. Friday 13 Pound of butter 1/8d. B W 10pm to 3 am. Saturday 14 Rain all day and it was exceptional
Ive never seen such a flow before. B W 11 pm to 3 am. Sunday 15 Morgan Aberdaron at 2 and 6. At
Penarfynydd with the animals. Monday 16 With the animals. Gathering gorse and
milling it. Rolant(Tyddyn Morthwyl) starts his term on the farm. Tuesday 17 Shackling the bullocks. B W £1/2/6d. Wednesday 18 B W 3 to 8am. Pound of butter 1/5d. The
Missionary Exhibition is at Aberdaron. Thursday 19 Got the sheep off the mountain to mark
the lambs. Friday 20 Gathered two bundles of gorse and feeding
the stock. B w 6 to 11 pm. Saturday 21 Half castrating the lambs and feeding
the stock. Pound of butter 1/5d. Sunday 22 Joseff Jones at 10. B W 6 to 11pm. Monday 23 Feeding the stock. Received £8 from R
Evans. B W 12 to 5 am. Tuesday 24 Went to Rhoshirwaen to buy clogs. Wednesday 25 Picking turnips and feeding stock.
Pound of butter 1/6d. Thursday 26 B W 3.30 to 8.30 am. Friday 27 William Hughes Hendy Pencaerau dies. Saturday 28 Started ploughing cae crwth. Pound of
butter 1/6d. Sunday 29 Gwynfryn Evans at 2 instead of the
preacher from Pwllheli. Monday 30 Picking turnips in the morning, gathering
gorse and feeding the stock later. William Hughes Hendys funeral. B W £1/10/9d. December Tuesday 1 Made
a stall in the cowshed at Ty Croes Bach. Wednesday 2 At Pant putting a gate. B W 8 pm to 1
am. Thursday 3 Pound of butter 1/5d. Friday 4 B W 2 to 7 am. Saturday 5 Gathering gorse in the morning. Fixed the
gate to dryll mawr. B W 8 pm to 1am. Sunday 6 Sunday School at Tan y Foel. No one at
Pisgah in the morning or afternoon. Monday 7 Took the small plough to cae crwth .Feeding
the stock and gathered three bundles of gorse. Robert goes to fetch them with
Lewis. Tuesday 8 B W 5 to 9 am. Went to Aberdaron to put a
headstone on my dear wifes grave. Wednesday 9 Feeding the stock, gathering the gorse
and took the grey heifer to Bodwyddog to the bull. Half pound of butter 8d. Thursday 10 Feeding the stock. Weighed 340 fleeces,
Rolant takes it to Talafon. Pound of butter 1/5d. Friday 11 Feeding and gathering gorse. Took the
heifer next to the door the bull. Saturday 12 Feeding and gathering gorse. Sunday 13 Ellis O Lloyd at 2 and 6. Sunday school in
the morning. Evan Williams and I go to the Meeting at Carmel. Owen Griffith
takes us in the motor. Monday 14 Pound of butter 1/6d. Tuesday 15 Robert and I put branches on the boundary
at borthwen. B W £1/1/4d. Wednesday 16 Got the sheep off the mountain to mark
them and fed the stock. Thursday 17 Feeding and gathering gorse. Rolant and
I finish off at borthwen and pick turnip. Friday 18 Started ploughing cae pant. Saturday 19 Feeding and gathering gorse. Robert and
Rolant have gone to Aberdaron to listen to the Francis brothers. Tyn Frons
heifer aborts her womb. Daniel, G Jones, Willie, R Jones Lon Las, John Bryngolau
and I bury her in the evening. Sunday 20 Joseff Jones at 2 and 6. Monday 21 Feeding the stock and clearing the turnips
and mangs from bryncaerwyn. Tuesday 22 Gathering gorse and feeding the stock.
One of the cows has a calf. B W 7 to 12. Wednesday 23 Everyone goes to town to the Christmas
Fair. B W 5/7d. Thursday 24 B W 1 to 6pm. Went from Bytilith to
Penarfynydd to get a pound of pot butter 1/5d. Friday 25 B W. Saturday 26 Sunday 27 Ellis a young man from Cwmci, hes
related to Evans the shoemaker from Rhoshirwaen. Monday 28 At Trip widening the back door. B W 8 pm
to 1 am/ Tuesday 29 At Trip in the afternoon. B W 16/10d Wednesday 30 B W 7 to 11 am. 4/6d. At trip in the
afternoon. Thursday 31 At Penarfynydd milling, feeding and
putting the hay in. ~~~~~~~~~ Diary's from Mr E Morris, thank you very much. |
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