R Story Lt. Col. Retired Diary for 1918
1 TABLE OF CONTENTS
2 DIARY FOR 1918 3
2.1 FRONT COVER 3
2.2 EXPLANATION OF
CALENDAR 4
2.3 DIARY ENTRIES 4
2.4 CASH ACCOUNTS 40
2.5 STOCK ON
BINGFIELD 10 JAN 1918 49
2.6 WAGES 49
2.6.1 WAGES AS FIXED BY
LAW 49
3 LOOSE PAPERS
FILED IN DIARY 50
3.1 NEWSPAPER
CLIPPING 50
2
DIARY FOR 1918
2.1
FRONT
COVER
2.2
EXPLANATION
OF CALENDAR[1]
MoonÕs Phases:- ˜ New Moon; ‚First Quarter; Full Moon; ƒ Last Quarter.
TIMES.-
The time given is Greenwich mean time.
2.3
DIARY
ENTRIES
The New Year finds me at Bingfield with May & Laila. Pat is wounded & in hospital at Hornchurch. Ralph, a cadet in the Artillery is at home on leave, Teddie has gone to Quetta to join the Indian Army; Basil is home for his holidays from St. Pauls. Vera is with Bessie at Cheltenham. I am in good health for my age, & thanks to BradyÕs energy, I am making the place pay a little with less education to pay for, I have hopes of weathering the storm, and feel more cheerful than I did last New YearÕs day.
Vida was
operated upon for cancer on
September 22nd. & is now at home with her children.
1st Month JANUARY 1918 31 Days
Bingfield 1 TUESDAY [1-364] Circumcision. Bank Holiday, Scotland. Holiday, Stock Exchange
Ralph & I went to Communion at 8 .a.m. Helped the boys to recap cartridges, pumped etc. Holiday for the men.
Bingfield 2 WEDNESDAY [2-363]
Put a wooden bottom to a bucket, & a handle to a spade. Made a new die for turning over cartridges etc. Did accounts. Signed Ret. Pay Voucher before Dr. Smith. Brady got the flax from Oak hill Mill.
Bingfield 3 THURSDAY [3-362]
Brady took the flax to Cootehill for sale. Ferretted with the boys.
Shot one rabbit, & Ralph one, dug out one.
Bingfield 4 FRIDAY [4-361]
Took down the yard bell & re-fitted it. Brady sold my flax in Cootehill. Wrote to Evinrude Co. asking them to keep my engine.
Bingfield 5 SATURDAY [5-360] (11h 50m A.M. (Greenwich) Dividends due at Bank
The boys to Badminton in Cavan. Wire from Pat saying he will come on the Tuesday. Odd jobs about the place.
Bingfield 6 SUNDAY Ð Epiphany [6-359] Twelfth Day
The rest to Church. Quiet day at
home. Ralph Gazetted to Artillery
Bingfield 7 MONDAY [7-358]
Frost followed by snow. Men getting
timber out of the wood. May went with Ralph to Dublin by the early train to get
his kit. She came back by the even. train, & he went to Roebuck Hall.
1st Month JANUARY 1918 31 Days
Bingfield 8 TUESDAY [8-357] Cambridge Lent Term
begins
Snow lying. Men fitting a gate to
the cart shed for cattle feeding
Pat came home by the midday train,
& Ralph by the evening one.
Bingfield 9 WEDNESDAY [9-356] Fire Insurances
expire
Snow lying. Men cleaning oats.
Photographed the boys on foot & on horseback. Mended the lock of the
Laundry door.
Basil shot 2 snipe
Bingfield 10 THURSDAY [10-355]
Ralph left by the midday train to
join the Artillery at Lark hill near Salisbury. Simmons came to value my stock
etc & to make up my Òfarmers appeal.
Bingfield 11 FRIDAY [11-354] Hillary Law Sittings
begin
Men getting timber sawn in Cavan.
Pat & Basil went to a party given by Mrs. Hutton & took Laila. May a
bad cold. Made some globes for small lamps out of old chimneys & put a new
bottom to the ferret box.
Bingfield 12 SATURDAY [12-353] ˜ 10h 36m P M.
(Greenwich)
Cold & some snow. Men getting
timber sawn for posts in Cavan. Drove with Pat to Farnham for tea & to see
what Lord F. could do about a commission for him. He promised to write to Gen.
Godley, & see him if possible.
Bingfield 13 SUNDAY Ð 1 aft Epiphany [13-352]
Morn. service with the boys. We
sang together in the evening.
Bingfield 14 MONDAY [14-351] Oxford Lent Term
begins
Frost followed by thaw. Pat made a
sheath for his knife
Men filling troughs for cattle in
the Cart shed.
Bingfield 15 TUESDAY [15-350]
Odd jobs. Men carting straw. Brady
found Casey carrying off branches which he said I had given him. I had never
even seen him to do so. Made him pay for them 4/- -- he paid 2/6 & owes the
rest.
Pat & Basil went snipe
shooting. Basil shot six snipe, & they also got a hare & a waterhen.
Bingfield 16 WEDNESDAY [16-349]
Men carting manure. Ferretted with
Basil & Brady. Pat & Basil went to Cavan for Badminton. We had poor
sport
Shot
one rabbit & Basil one.
1st Month
JANUARY 1918
31 Day
Bingfield 17 THURSDAY [17-348]
Cold & Frost. Men
carting manure to Round Bank
Pat left by early train
very sad at leaving. Wrote to Vida. Ferretted a little with Basil. Gave Mrs.
Masterson notice that I want the Stewards house by April 1st.
Shot 1 Rabbit
& Basil 1 Dug out one
Basil also
shot a snipe but could not find it
Bingfield 18 FRIDAY [18-347]
Snow lying & rain.
Men cleaning harness etc. Brady made some new racks for the harness room etc, I
helping & also mended the Kitchen stairs. Had the Library chimney swept
& some cleaning done.
Wrote to Mr. Armitage to
say we wd. keep Basil at home for a time.
Letter from Oswald.
Bingfield 19 SATURDAY [19-346] ‚ 2h 38m P.M. (Greenwich)
Thaw. Men cutting timber
etc. Made a handle for the duplex lamp trimmer. Tried for rats, but got none.
Basil to badminton in Cavan. He shot a rat in the evening.
Bingfield 20 SUNDAY Ð 2 after Epiphany [20-345]
Morn. service with
Basil. May in bed to try to get rid of her cold.
Arranged with Miss
Gibson for music lessons for Laila. Wrote to Oswald.
Bingfield 21 MONDAY [21-344]
Mended two lamps. Row
with old Smith of Rice Hill about taking away branches of trees that were
reserved for me. Saw Rorke about coals & did some drain work with Brady on
my way home.
Basil shot 10 snipe (one
lost)
Bingfield 22 TUESDAY [22-343]
Men cleaning the yard.
Letter from Mary Jane about the Stewards House Ð sent a reply by Wagg.
Shot
3 rabbits, Basil 2 Dug out 2.
Bingfield 23 WEDNESDAY [23-342]
Galligan ploughing Ð
yard being cleaned. Kerr at drains. Basil went to Cavan for badminton.
Bingfield 24 THURSDAY [24-341]
Yard being cleaned. May
& the whole household except my self went to a red cross sale at Kilmore.
1st Month
JANUARY 1918
31 Day
Bingfield 25 FRIDAY [25-340] Conversion of St. Paul
Ploughing etc. Kerr at
drains. Basil & I shot round Hermitage & Clonegound.
Shot
6 Snipe & Basil 4
Bingfield 26 SATURDAY [26-339]
Ploughing etc. Kerr at
drains. Stopped a lot of rat holes.
Bingfield 27 Septuagesima SUNDAY [27-338] 3h 14m A.M. (Greenwich)
May & Basil to
Church. Odd jobs in the house.
Bingfield 28 MONDAY [28 Ð 387]
Ploughing & carting
top dressing. Ferretted with Basil
Shot 3 rabbits &
Basil 1 Dug out 1.
Bingfield 29 TUESDAY [29-336]
Rather seedy after a bad
night of pyrhoa & a sleeping draught
Ploughing & hedge
cutting in the Horse Park.
Basil shot 4 snipe.
Bingfield 30 WEDNESDAY [30 Ð 335]
Ploughing etc. Letter
from Teddie at Quetta. Face swollen from teeth.
Bingfield 31 THURSDAY [31-334]
Shot round Anagh,
Cornapeau, Drum crow, & Drum carbin bog, with Basil. Plenty of birds, but
wild; & strong wind made shooting hard.
Shot 8 Snipe. Basil 5
Snipe (two lost) & a hare.
2nd Month FEBRUARY
1918
28 Days
Bingfield 1 FEB FRIDAY [32-333] Partridge and Pheasant Shooting ends
Wet & stormy Ð Spent
the day at odd jobs.
Bingfield 2 SATURDAY [33-332] Purification of V.
Mary. Candlemas. Scottish
Quarter Day
Worked at BasilÕs trunk, repaired
the engine belt. Cleared weeds in the garden, mended a shovel etc. Basil to
Cavan for badminton
Heard from and wrote to my mother.
Bingfield 3 Sexagesima SUNDAY [34-331]
Morn. service by myself. Quiet day.
Wrote to Teddie.
2nd Month FEBRUARY
1918
28 Days
Bingfield 4 MONDAY [35-330] ƒ 7h 52m A.M. (Greenwich)
Basil left by morn. train. Spent
the morning putting his room straight. Did some pruning etc in the garden. Very
tired.
Brady, Mc. Donald & Kerr in the
garden. Galligan ploughing
Bingfield 5 TUESDAY [36-329]
Renewed part of the engine belt
which had broken again. Cut branches off an apple tree in the garden.
Engaged Isaac Eades to work here
from this day 3 weeks on the same terms as the other men. To live in the Lodge
on a monthÕs notice.
Bingfield 6 WEDNESDAY [37-328]
Some rain. Men getting oats
crushed. Ferretted with Brady
Shot 4 Rabbits & dug out one.
Bingfield 7 THURSDAY [38-327]
Galligan ploughing, Mc. Donald in
the garden, Brady making a gate for the orchard. Worked at MayÕs lamp.
Bingfield 8 FRIDAY [39-326] Half Quarter Day
Ploughing & garden work. Drove
to Cavan with Brady for shopping.
Bingfield 9 SATURDAY [40-325]
Ploughing & garden work. Row
between Brady & Hoonan, which I patched up in a sort of way. Made an oak
top for my Nargiliah.
Bingfield 10 Quinquagesima SUNDAY [41-324]
Wet. Pat to church alone.
Bingfield 11 MONDAY [42-323] ˜ 10h 5m A.M. (Greenwich)
Damp & muggy. Ploughing etc.
Worked with Pat at the orchard gate, & put it all together.
Bingfield 12 Shrove TUESDAY [43-322]
Wet. Cavan fair. Brady sold my
mare. Had to borrow coal from Burrowes. Odd jobs in the work shop.
Bingfield 13 Ash WEDNESDAY [44-321]
Manure carting etc. Worked at the
Orchard gate & hung it.
Bingfield 14 THURSDAY [45-320]
Worked with Pat at a scooter for Laila. Mrs. Burrowes & the girls called.
2nd Month FEBRUARY
1918
28 Days
Bingfield 15 FRIDAY [46-319]
Pat & I spent the day on the
lake in GordonÕs boat Ð poor sport, as a party had been there yesterday. Flood
very high.
Shot 2 plover
one of which drifted away in the river & was lost.
Bingfield 16 SATURDAY [47-318]
Pat working at LailaÕs
scooter & on harrow etc. Ploughing etc & drain work
Odd jobs about the
place.
Bingfield 17 SUNDAY Ð 1 in Lent [48-317] Ember
Week
To Church with Pat.
Quiet day at home.
Bingfield 18 MONDAY [49-316] ‚ 0h 57m A.B. (Greenwich)
Wet. Brady went to Cavan to sell
corn. Pat worked at the harrow men cutting firewood. The Atkinsons called.
Bingfield 19 TUESDAY [50-315]
Brady sold my pigs in Cavan. Men
cutting & carting fallen branches etc. Odd jobs about the place.
Bingfield 20 WEDNESDAY [51-314] Ember Day
Soft day. Pat to Cavan. Worked at
drains in front lawn.
Bingfield 21 THURSDAY [52-313]
Wet. Odd jobs cleaning brass etc in
doors.
Bingfield 22 FRIDAY [53-312] Ember Day
The mare, being tried in a cart for
the first time, ran away in the yard & broke the shaft Ð took it off.
Cleaned brass. Soldered a lamp etc. Mrs. & Miss Moore (Kilmore) called.
Shot 5 pigeons
out of the front door
Bingfield 23 SATURDAY [54-311] Ember Day
Pumped, cleaned fowls
house & other jobs about the place. Fine day.
Bingfield 24 SUNDAY Ð 2 in Lent [55-310] St.
Matthias, Ap.
May & Pat to church.
Quiet day
Set a hen on
ducks eggs.
Bingfield 25 MONDAY [36-309] 9h 35m P.M. (Greenwich)
Pumped, sharpened a saw,
helped to clear a drain by the Lodge.
Wrote for an extension of
leave for Pat. The Sergt. Of Police from Ballinanagh called on me about the
raids for arms going on in the country.
Men clearing a fallen
elm tree on Rookery Hill etc.
2nd Month FEBRUARY
1918
28 Days
Bingfield 26 TUESDAY [57-308]
Isaak Eades came & put up pro. tem. in the room over the Brew House
Worked at lamps & a handle for a mallet. Burrowes called to see me about his automatic pistol & about raids for arms. Pat & May went to Danesfort.
Bingfield 27 WEDNESDAY [58-307]
Eades & I put up the small
fowls house in the flower garden. Men carting coal & cutting up a fallen
elm tree. May, Pat, & Laila to the Scotts, made a grating for the scullery.
Dr. Douglas came to see me & Pat.
Bingfield 28 THURSDAY [59-306]
Strong wind & snow lying. Brady
finished the shaft of the cart.
May & Pat went to tea at
BurrowesÕ. Yard being cleaned & coal brought in. Mended the wire covering
of the wall etc.
3rd Month MARCH 1922 31 Days
Bingfield 1 MARCH FRIDAY [60-305] St. David
Men carting manure, turnips, etc.
Brady took the harrow to the forge to be ironed. Pat & I with Brady cleared
a lot of the hollies from round the rock garden.
Bingfield 2 SATURDAY [61-304]
Fitted a stop to the yard door. Men
digging out cane roots
Brady & Pat went out on the
lake & brought back 1 duck 1 plover & two pigeons.
Bingfield 3 SUNDAY Ð 3 in Lent [62-303]
Pat & I to church. Wrote to
Teddie & about flax seed.
Shot
3 pigeons out of the front door.
Bingfield 4 MONDAY [63-302]
Made an iron stay for a ladder.
Found leaks in the bath room out let
Pat & I worked at them. I
stopped one. John Wagg burst away my best copper soldering bit. Men ploughing
etc in the Cow pasture.
Shot 2 pigeons out front door.
Bingfield 5 TUESDAY [64-301]
Black oats sown in Cow pasture
& ploughing. Young mare put into the cart.
Bingfield 6 WEDNESDAY [65-300] ƒ 0h 44m A.M. (Greenwich)
Attended the Assizes in Cavan &
did a lot of shopping etc.
Bingfield 7 THURSDAY [66-299]
Plumber from Cavan repaired 3 leaks
in bath room outlet Ploughing in
Barrack field & Wood cutting to clear the Rookery hill.
3rd Month MARCH 1922 31 Days
Bingfield 8
FRIDAY [67-298]
Brady fenced the plantation in the
back lawn. Eades ploughing in the lower garden. Pat a little out of sorts, but
dined with the Burrowes.
Shot
one pigeon in Farnadaly.
Bingfield 9 SATURDAY [68-297]
Straightened the bent
bar of the gate on the lane, Pat helping Ð We then hung pictures etc. in the
drawing room. Pat to tea at the Ses (?) House.
Wrote to Surveyor of
taxes, from whom I had heard about my appeal.
Bingfield 10 SUNDAY Ð 4 in Lent [69-296]
May, Pat, & Laila to
church. Wrote to Gurdit Singh
Shot
one pigeon out of front door.
Bingfield 11 MONDAY [70-295]
Pat left by 2.P.M.
train. Cleaned windows in the scullery & larder
Brady & Mc. Donald went
to Cavan to sell oats Ð the others gathering firewood.
Bingfield 12 TUESDAY [71-294] ˜ 78 52m P.M. (Greenwich)
Brady sold some cattle
at Cavan fair. Galligan Ploughing & gathering firewood.
Bingfield 13 WEDNESDAY [72-293]
Eades ploughing in
Barrack field. The rest gathering firewood. Saw Myers about his men breaking my
stone trough in the Cow pasture
Got a lot of stones for
MayÕs rock garden. Pat sent me a calabash pipe.
Bingfield 14 THURSDAY [73-292]
Went to Cavan & got
some shoes Ð the first for 3 years Ð going & returning by train.
Did some other shopping
& rested in HalpinÕs office.
Bingfield 15 FRIDAY [74-29]
Ploughing in Barrack
field, & sowing & harrowing
in Cow Pasture
Closed the drain that
was open in front lawn & opened another place.
Bingfield 16 SATURDAY [75-290]
Cut & screwed two
iron stays for the plough. Eades ploughing in the Unfortunate field, Mc. Donald
in the garden, Galligan clearing up in the Horse Park.
Bingfield 17 SUNDAY Ð 5 in Lent [76-289] St.
Patrick
Morn. service. Heard from
Tissington about a claim for Rates etc by Mrs. Merwyn of Cavan Ð wrote to him.
Bingfield 18 MONDAY [77-288] Bank Holiday,
Ireland
Eades laid up with
influenza. Galligan ploughing in Unfortunate field. Dug for & found sand in
the Bell Grove.
3rd Month MARCH 1922 31 Days
Bingfield 19 TUESDAY [78-287] ‚ 1h 30m P.M. (Greenwich)
Wheat being rolled.
Cleaned and adjusted my iron lathe.
Ralph arrived via the
even train.
Set
a hen on 13 eggs.
Bingfield 20 WEDNESDAY [79-286]
Ralph bicycled into
Cavan. Ploughing in Unfortunate field.
My grazing auction. Got
Simons to see the broken stone trough
Paid income tax. Wrote
to Gurdit Singh.
Bingfield 21 THURSDAY [80-285]
Oats being sown in
Unfortunate field & straw brought in from Round Bank. Mc. Donald got my new
roller from Cavan.
Made a new wheel for the
childÕs wheel barrow & a new shaft.
Set
a goose, a hen on duck eggs, & one on henÕs eggs.
Bingfield 22 FRIDAY [81-284]
Wire came extending
RalphÕs leave till tuesday Ð later another came for him to leave at once as he
was to go to France on Monday. News of a big German attack. Ralph left by the
4.30 P.M train.
Sowing in Unfortunate
field. Collected by etc in Back Lawn.
Bingfield 23 SATURDAY [82-283] Oxford Lent Term ends
Farm work as usual. Mc.
Donald took oats to Cavan for mondayÕs market.
Mrs. Wagg seedy.
Bingfield 24 Palm SUNDAY [83-282]
Neither of us went to
church as Mrs. Wagg is seedy & Wagg seems to be sickening for something.
Wrote to M. morn at Saint Lo.
Bingfield 25 MONDAY [84-281] Annunciation. Lady
Day. Quarter Day
Brady & Mc. Donald
went to Arva & bought two heifers
Galligan harrowing for
Martin. Eades carting manure.
Bingfield 26 TUESDAY [85-280]
Eades in garden. Farm
work as usual. Made part of a hen coop.
Bingfield 27 WEDNESDAY [86-279] Hillary Law
Sittings end. O3h 33m P.M. (Greenwich). Cambridge Lent term ends
Eades & Mc. Donald
in the garden. Worked most of the day with Brady fitting up my field roller.
Bingfield 28 THURSDAY [87-278] Maundy Thursday
Some rain & much
colder. Brady went to Killeshandra fair, but bought nothing. Eades & Mc.
and Donald setting potatoes in the garden.
Finished the hen coop.
3rd Month MARCH 1922 31 Days
Bingfield 29 GOOD FRIDAY [88-277]
Galligan ploughing for
potatoes Ð the rest in the garden. Mended a ladder & other odd jobs. May to
Church.
Bingfield 30 SATURDAY [89-276] Easter Even.
Wet morn, but some
ploughing done. Worked at clearing drains in the drive. Wrote to Marcel
Bizardel. Better news from the front.
Bingfield 31 EASTER DAY [90-275]
May & I to the 9
a.m. celebration Quiet day at home.
Report that Lord Farnham is a prisoner.
4th Month APRIL 1918 30 Days
Bingfield
1 Easter MONDAY [91-2 to 74] Bank Holiday
Galligan took oak &
holly timber to Cavan to be sawn. The others at potatoe ground in the Barrack
field. Odd jobs.
Set a hen on 12 ducks
eggs.
Bingfield 2 Easter TUESDAY [92-273]
Ploughing for potatoes
in Round Bank. Men at their own ground.
Made a run for a hen
coop.
Bingfield 3 WEDNESDAY [93-272] Oxford Easter Term
begins
Attended Petty Sessions.
Gillson & Galligan fined for stealing turf, without being heard in their
defence, owing to their solicitor (Mollousy) throwing up his case after being
called to order by the bench. Men at their own potatoes.
Bingfield 4 THURSDAY [94-271] ƒ 1h 33m P.M. (Greenwich)
Men at their own
potatoes. Worked at accounts. I seem to have influenza.
May went to the Burrowes
to enquire after Lord Farnham Ð no news.
Bingfield 5 FRIDAY [95-270] Dividends due at Bank
Cross-doney fair. Cold
rather bad. Odd jobs.
Bingfield 6 SATURDAY [96-269]
Cold rather better. Men
at potatoes.
Wrote to Mc. Ervel about
flax seed which I have paid for.
Bingfield 7 Low SUNDAY Ð one after Easter [97-268]
Cold day. We all stayed
at home.
Bingfield 8 MONDAY [98-267] Quarter Sessions Week
Men at potatoes. Prowled
about after a hawk that has been killing chickens, but never saw him, though he
tried 3 times to attack those at the lodge.
4th Month APRIL 1918 30 Days
Bingfield 9 TUESDAY [99-266] Easter Law Sittings
begin. Fire Insurances expire
Brady & Mc. Donald
went to Cavan fair to buy cattle & sell potatoes. Eades & Galligan in
the garden. Prowled about after the hawk, but did not see him, though he was
after the chickens.
Bingfield 10 WEDNESDAY [100-265]
Wet most of the day. Men
at the Lodge fence. Wrote to Pat & cleared out old letters etc.
Bingfield 11 THURSDAY [101-264] ˜ 4h 34m A.M. (Greenwich)
Eades harrowing in Round
Bank. The rest at the Lodge fence. Went to Cross-doney for P: Order etc. Mr.
Askins called to get PatÕs address for Minnie Livingston.
Bingfield 12 FRIDAY [102-263]
Ploughing for potatoes.
Put a wood bottom into a bucket, & mended the wire of the fowls run in the
yard.
Bingfield 13 SATURDAY [103-262]
Men at potatoes. Mended
two locks of garden doors. Much colder.
Very serious news ÒWe
are fighting with our backs to the wallÓ.
Bingfield 14 SUNDAY Ð 2 after Easter [104-261)
May to church. Quiet day
at home.
Bingfield 15 MONDAY [105-260]
Letter from Ralph. May
wrote to him. I wrote to Arthur Heathcote.
Potatoes being set in
Round Bank. Cut ivy on stables & garden wall.
My right eye very sore
even.
Set a Turkey
Bingfield 16 TUESDAY [106-259]
Potatoe planting in
Round Bank. Brady shot at & wounded the hawk. We followed it to the
Rocks. I got a shot at it but missed
Shot 1 Pigeon.
Bingfield 17 WEDNESDAY [107-258]
Potatoe planting in
Round Bank
Shot 1 Pigeon
Bingfield 18 THURSDAY [108-257] ‚ 4h 8m A.M. (Greenwich)
Cambridge Easter term
Potatoe planting in
Round Bank. Scott came over to see Brady about a man to work for him.
4th Month APRIL 1918 30 Days
Bingfield 19 FRIDAY [109-256]
Letter from Ralph from
near the firing line. Sent him his watch
Telegram from Mrs.
Rootham to say she hopes to come tomorrow.
Potatoe planting. Cold
& slight rain. Pulled out another of my teeth with pliers.
Bingfield 20 SATURDAY [110-255]
Potato planting Ð a
little rain Mrs. Rootham came
Bingfield 21 SUNDAY Ð 3 after Easter [111-254]
Mrs. Rootham and I went
to morn. service. Took her & Laila aft. to see Mary Jane.
Bingfield 22 MONDAY [112-253]
Brady & Eades at
Flax ground the rest at their own potatoes.
Cleaned some brass etc.
Pat Magee came to work & the wall by my dressing room.
Bingfield 23 TUESDAY [113-252] St. George
Brady took the mare to
Cavan for Veterinary treatment. Magee repaired my engine room steps & began
slating.
Bingfield 24 WEDNESDAY [114-251]
Went to Cavan on
business & walked out, calling at Drumbar on the way.
Bingfield 25 THURSDAY [115-250] St. Mark, Evan.
Brady away at his farm.
Eades at Flax ground. Galligan cutting ivy.
Mc. Donald at his own
potatoes. Magee at the yard walls etc.
Went around the place
with an inspector from the Board of Agriculture.
Wrote to Vera about her
taking up mathematics.
Bingfield 26 FRIDAY [116-249] 8h 5m A.M. (Greenwich)
Hot day. No fires. Put
up the sun blind, made a handle for the lid of the cattle food boiler. Flax
sowing in ClerkinÕs field. Magees at the gable end of the hack stable.
Set a turkey
on 8 eggs.
Bingfield 27 SATURDAY [117-248]
Hot day. Flax all sown
in ClerkinÕs field. Magees at yard walls etc
Bingfield 28
SUNDAY Ð4 after Easter [118-247]
May & Mrs. Rootham
to church. Went round the place with Laila & Mrs. R. aft.
Bingfield 29 MONDAY [119-246]
Magees at the yard wall.
May, Laila, & Mrs. Rootham drove to Flemings Folly & called on the
Vincent Kennedys.
Shot 2 rabbits
at one shot.
Bingfield 30 TUESDAY [120-245]
Mrs. Rootham left by the
mid day train. Saw Mrs. Beares about the StewardÕs house.
5th Month MAY 1918 31 Days
Bingfield 1 MAY WEDNESDAY [121-244] SS. Philip
and James. Holiday, Stock Exchange
Brady went to Cavan on
business. Mc. Donald working for Scott & Galligan for Hoonan. Magees at the
garden wall. Eades planting potatoes in the garden. Went over to see Scott
&
Shot one
rabbit. Hawk
took a chicken before our eyes.
Bingfield 2 THURSDAY [122-243]
Magees at garden wall.
Brady cutting ivy. Eades carting manure.
Another young duck
carried away Ð probably by the hawk.
Bingfield 3 FRIDAY [123-242] ƒ10h 26m P.M. (Greenwich)
Eades carting manure.
Vet put a blister on the mare. Mended the cradle for her neck. Magees at garden
wall. Wet aft. Two more young ducks gone.
Sold Magee 28 Stone
potatoes@8 d. = 18/8 4/5/18
Bingfield 4 SATURDAY [124-241]
Brady & I shot a
hawk after it had carried off a chicken. Burrowes called. Fine day.
Bingfield 5 Rogation SUNDAY [125-240]
Morn. service. Quiet day
at home.
Bingfield 6 MONDAY [126-239] KingÕs Ascension.
Bank Holiday
Scotland.
Royal Academy opens
Wet. Went out fishing on the lake with
Brady & caught 2 pike poor sport.
Bingfield 7 TUESDAY [127-238] Rogation Day
Magees at garden wall. Got the
chickens into the mistresses garden.
Manure carting etc for turnips
& hedge cutting on the lane.
Bingfield 8 WEDNESDAY [128-237] Rogation Day
Hedge cutting & manure carting.
Turned a bit of steel for Mc. Evoy.
Bingfield 9 THURSDAY [129-236] Ascension Day.
Proclamation, King
George V. Half Quarter Day
Brady cleaning the drive. Eades
carting manure. Rest absent.
Dug up weeds & did some steel
turning.
Bingfield 10 FRIDAY [130-235] ˜
1h 1m
P.M. (Greenwich)
Ground of being got ready for
mangolds in Clerkins field & some cleaning up etc in the garden.
Bingfield 11 SATURDAY [131-234]
Ground being got ready for mangolds
& some cleaning in the garden.
5th Month MAY 1918 31 Days
Bingfield 12 SUNDAY after Ascension [132-233]
May to Church. Packed up.
Roebuck Hall 13 MONDAY [133-232]
Took the 9. a.m. train & came
here. Moore, W. Hamilton, T. Blackley, The Leslies, Atkinson (Rev) & others
in the train Ð mostly going up for the synod. Shopping at the Stores, Booths
etc Ð left the book to be bound by Browne & Nolan.
Roebuck Hall 14 TUESDAY [134-231]
Murray took an impression to fit a
tooth to my plate. Lunch with J. B. By train to Dalkey & saw the Roothams.
Took a look at Kingstown on my way home.
Roebuck Hall 15 WEDNESDAY [135-230] Scottish Quarter Day (Whitsunday]
Murray fixed my plate.
Went to Grafton St. Kinema.
Roebuck Hall 16 THURSDAY [136-229]
Went for a stroll through Goats
Town & Stillorgan.
Roebuck Hall 17 FRIDAY [137-228] Easter Law Settings
end. ‚ 8h 14m
P.M.(Greenwich).
Oxford Easter Term ends
Lunch at Tudor House. Called on the
Tatlows on my way home, & found them by the sea.
Roebuck Hall 18 SATURDAY [138-227] Oxford Trinity
Term begins
Saw Murray who put some caustic
onto a tooth. Went to Grafton St. Kinema
Went with Enid even. to ÒThe man
from BlankleyÕsÓ at the Gaiety Theatre.
Roebuck Hall 19
WHIT SUNDAY [139-226] Ember Week
Morn. service. A few people to tea.
Roebuck Hall 20 Whitsun MONDAY [140-225] Bank Holiday
Very hot. Stayed at home.
Roebuck Hall 21 Whitsun TUESDAY [141-224]
Went into Town for shopping etc
& to Grafton St. Picture house.
Roebuck Hall 22 WEDNESDAY [142-223] Ember Day
Quiet day. Gurvit Singh & Capt
Hall dined.
Bingfield 23 THURSDAY [143-222]
Took the 1.30 P.M. train & came
home.
Bingfield 24 FRIDAY [144-221] Empire Day. Ember
Day
Made out an income tax return for
the War Office. Went to Cavan aft. for shopping.
Shot
one rabbit. I fired at another but shot this one by mistake.
5th Month MAY 1918 31 Days
Bingfield 25 SATURDAY [145-220] 10h 32m P.M.
(Greenwich).
Ember
Day
Mended the Monery gate.
Mc. Donald in the garden etc & Brady cutting weeds.
Bingfield 26 TRINITY SUNDAY [146-219] Queen Mary
born, 1867
May to church. Quiet
day.
Bingfield 27 MONDAY [147-218]
Cross-doney fair. Brady
sold & bought cattle for me. Ground being prepared for roots. Teddie sent
me his first letter in Urdu. Wrote to him.
Bingfield 28 TUESDAY [148-217] Trinity Law Sittings
begin
Began opening a turf
bank in the back lawn. Ground being got ready for sowing turnips etc. Brady
took the cart mare to a horse but it was no use.
Bingfield 29 WEDNESDAY [149-216]
Brady away on law suit.
Mc. Donald & Galligan digging turf. Eades carting manure to turnip ground.
Mended newel of the back stairs
Bingfield 30 THURSDAY [150-215] Corpus Christi
Very hot. Brady on his
law suit. Repaired the Rocks gate to front lawn.
Bingfield 31 FRIDAY [151-214]
Attended a meeting of
the Unionist Alliance in Cavan. Fane Vernon in the chair. May & Laila left
for Summer Hill.
6th Month JUNE 1918 30 Days
Bingfield 1 JUNE
SATURDAY [152-213]
Men making turf. Very hot. Felt
very heavy & slack & stayed in nearly all day.
Bingfield 2 SUNDAY Ð after Trinity [153-212] ƒ 4h 20m A.M.
(Greenwich)
Very hot. Stayed at home.
Bingfield 3 MONDAY [154-211] King George V, born,
1865
Went out fishing in GordonÕs boat
with Brady, 7 caught 12 lbs off perch one nearly 1 lb Ð my largest perch. Very
hot.
Set a hen on hens eggs.
Bingfield 4 TUESDAY [155-210]
Very hot. Accounts. Turf cutting
Bingfield 5
WEDNESDAY [156-209]
Very hot. Petty Sessions. Turf
cutting
6th Month JUNE 1918 30 Days
Bingfield 6
THURSDAY [157-208]
Men dressing turnips for fly.
Repaired the dog kennel & re-hung a weight which fell off the lift.
May & Laila came home.
Set a hen on henÕs eggs.
Bingfield 7 FRIDAY [158-207]
Sent my application for petrol to
the police. Turf cutting & potatoe moulding. Odd jobs in garden etc.
Bingfield 8 SATURDAY [159-206] ˜
10h 3m
P.M. (Greenwich)
Turf cutting & potatoe
moulding. Cut pea sticks, & felled a holly tree in the Bell Grove.
Bingfield 9 SUNDAY Ð 2 after Trinity [160-205]
Went to Church in a heavy storm of
rain & wind which lasted all day & the weather turned quite cold.
Bingfield 10 [161-204] Ramad‰n (Turkish Lent)
begins
Magees at yard & Garden walls.
Potato moulding in Round Bank
Shot
one rabbit.
Bingfield 11 TUESDAY [162-203] St. Barnabas, Ap.
May & Laila went to
Dublin. Took down the door of the inner yard. Turf cutting & raising sand
for unisous.
Bingfield 12 WEDNESDAY [163-202]
Went to Cavan for
shopping. Put a handle to a knife for Brady, & another to a graip[2].
Magees at garden wall. Turf making.
Bingfield 13
THURSDAY [164-201]
Went to Cavan by train
to a gymkhana of the yeomanry
Dr. Smith drove me out.
Turf cutting etc & Magees at wall of the garden.
Set
hen on henÕs eggs.
Bingfield 14 FRIDAY [165-200]
Began making a door for
the inner yard. Turf cutting & fencing the turf bank. Old well in back lawn
filled up. Masons at garden wall.
6th Month JUNE 1918 30 Days
Bingfield 15 SATURDAY [166-199]
Magees at the side door
steps. Drain cutting to the turf hole.
Bingfield 16 SUNDAY Ð 3 after Trinity [167-198] ‚ 1h 12m P.M.
(Greenwich)
Morn. service. Very cold for this
time of year.
Bingfield 17 MONDAY [168-197]
Pat Magee at the side
door. Finished & hung the door to the inner yard. Very cold day. A hard
dayÕs work. Also took off the lock of the potatoe house, the key being broken.
Brady mended the large gate of the lower garden.
Bingfield 18 TUESDAY [169-196]
Finished the door to the
kitchen yard. It had a key to the lock of the potatoe house & replaced it.
Repaired & painted the flower garden gate. Brady took the mare to a horse
in Cavan. Weeds are being cut in lower garden. Ralph writes that he is in the
hospital with sciatica.
Bingfield 19 WEDNESDAY [170-195]
Potatoe moulding in
Bank. Put a handle to the thistle digger & put up the flower garden gate.
Made a penwiper rosette in oak for
Mrs. Rootham.
Bingfield 20 THURSDAY [171-194]
Potatoes are being
moulded & firewood collected. Made a coal bucket out of an old dish cover,
cleaned MayÕs fire irons, & repaired a chair for Brady. Some rain &
cold.
Bingfield 21
FRIDAY [172-193]
Fire wood collecting
& the paling round the Lodge being finished. Made a scoop & a base of
out of old dish covers.
Wrote to Teddie.
Bingfield 22 SATURDAY [173-192] Coronation King
George V., 1911
News that Griffith the
Sein Fenier, now in prison, is elected for East Cavan.
Potatoe moulding &
celery planting in the garden. Put handles to two spades & the thistle
digger.
Bingfield 23 SUNDAY
Ð 4 after Trinity [174-191] Prince of Wales born
1894
May to church. Wrote to Vera &
Ralph
Bingfield 24 MONDAY [175-190] St. John Baptist. 10h 38m A.M.
(Greenwich).
Midsummer Day. Quarter Day. Cambridge
Easter
Term ends
Mowing in the Barrack field, Cowl
pasture, & the Lawn
Made a corn measure out of a dish
cover. Had some magneto trouble with the pumping engine.
6th Month JUNE 1918 30 Days
Bingfield 25 TUESDAY [176-189]
Turnips sown again in the Round
Bank & some work at hay.
Wrote to White King.
Bingfield 26 WEDNESDAY [177-188]
Hay cocked in Barrack field. Odd
jobs.
Bingfield 27 THURSDAY [178-187]
Hay put in to hand shakings on the
Lawn & Cow pasture. Worked at the hay rake. Cold & some light rain.
Bingfield 28 FRIDAY [179-186]
Men digging their own turf. Re
fitted the horse rake. Mounted my old iron scythe of 50 years ago & cut a
lot of weeds with it. Brought in a lot of cinders from the rubbish heap &
flower garden.
Shot one
pigeon
Bingfield 29 SATURDAY [180-185] St. Peter, Ap.
May & Laila went to Cavan. Wrote to Teddie. Cut
weeds in the Haggard.
Bingfield 30 SATURDAY Ð 5 after Trinity [181-184]
Morn. service Ð looked in at Lisnamandra
on my way home.
7th Month JULY 1918 31 Days
Bingfield 1 MONDAY (182-183] ƒ 8h 43m A.M.
(Greenwich). Quarter
Sessions
Sessions Week. Dominion Day, Canada
Painted the inner yard door. Signed
retired payee voucher before Burrowes. Haslip (Sexton) came to see me about his
being summoned for assault. Mowing on Monery bottoms, & hay cocked in Cow
pasture.
Bingfield 2 TUESDAY [183-182]
Cleaned out both wells in the front
lawn. Mended my small boat & put it on the pond. Weeds are being cut in
Bell Grove & Garden etc.
Bingfield 3 WEDNESDAY [184-181]
Petty Sessions. Meikle in the chair
& a large no. of cases. Brady drove Mrs. Wagg, Mrs. Brady, Johnny, &
Laila to Cavan. Brady settled his case of his farm. Men turning turnips. Cut
some weeds etc. Sent my contribution to Father Mc. Hugh for the Galway
fishermen.
Bingfield 4 THURSDAY [185-180] Declaration of
American
Independence
Attended the Assizes morn. Fane
Vernon Forman of the Grand Jury.
Mowing in Glouds field. Mrs. Hutton
called while we were having the dining room spring cleaned. Wrote to Ralph.
7th Month JULY 1918 31 Days
Bingfield 5 FRIDAY [186-179] Dividends due at
Bank
Men digging EadeÕs turf. Mended the
singeing lamp, the donkey harness & a ladder. Magee at the side door steps.
Mr. Askins called.
Bingfield 6 SATURDAY [187-178] Oxford Trinity
Term ends
Work at hay on the lawn &
Glouds field & weed cutting in lower garden
Wrote to Pat.
7th Month JULY
1918
31 Days
Bingfield 7 SUNDAY Ð 6 after Trinity [188-177]
Orange Sunday. We both stayed at
home. Wrote to Vida
Bingfield 8 MONDAY [189-176] ˜ 8h 22m A.M. (Greenwich)
Magee at the front of the house
& slates on the roof. Mowing in Farnadaly
Mangolds thinned etc. Fitted a bolt
to the byre window, made a handle for a screw driver etc. Some heavy showers.
May & Laila to Kilmore.
Bingfield 9 TUESDAY [190-175] Fire Insurances
expire
Showers. Had to send for the vet
for a cow in labour Ð The calf was dead, & he relieved her. Hay work in
Glouds field. I cut weeds in Back Lawn. Wrote to Teddie.
Bingfield 10 WEDNESDAY [191-174]
Nearly all the hay put up in Glouds
Field & weeds out in the Rasberry Brake. Magee at the main gate pier. My
cow very sick. Vet to see her.
Thunder & heavy storm of hail
and rain about 4.30 P.M. The cow had to be killed even.
Bingfield 11 THURSDAY [192-173]
My 64th. Birthday. The
butcher came & cut up the cow killed yesterday. Magee finished the front
gates. My 2 geese missing.
Bingfield 12 FRIDAY [193-172]
Slight showers. Went to look for my
geese, but found no trace of them.
Potatoe spraying in the Round Bank.
The butcher (Donoghue) pickled the beef. Brady, Eades, & the Waggs went to
the Orange walk at Killeshandra. In the evening little David Brady found my
geese. They had fallen into a large hollow ash stump near the gate on the drive
and could not get out. They were weak from hunger.
Bingfield 13 SATURDAY [194-171]
Potatoe spraying & hay work.
Wrote a long letter to Florie
Bingfield 14 SUNDAY 7 after Trinity [195-170]
Wet. Stayed at home.
Bingfield 15 MONDAY [196-169]
Fine & warmer. Mowing in
Farnadaly & hay turning. Spraying in the Round Bank. Sent Land Commission
cheques to Cavan Bank.
Heard from & wrote to Armitage
about Basil staying on at St. Pauls.
7th Month JULY
1918
31 Days
Bingfield 16 TUESDAY [197-168] ‚ 6h 25m A.M. (Greenwich)
Heavy showers & sunshine. Some
hay put up in Farnadaly. Flax ties being made. Brady & I each shot a hawk
in the wood even. & I possibly got another. Began a letter to Lou.
Bingfield 17 WEDNESDAY [198-167]
Heavy showers. Hay work in
Farnadaly & Flax ties being made. Shot a hawk in the wood, & Brady
another. Brady shot a third later in the evening.
Bingfield 18 THURSDAY [199-166]
Showers. May went to Summer Hill
for the day. Got up posts for a gate into Back Lawn by the green house. Screwed the eye for hanging it. Shot a
sixth hawk.
Bingfield 19 FRIDAY [200-165]
Brady went to Clones and brought
back a young donkey, a present from the Richardsons. They came to stay by the
even. train. Hay work in Farnadaly.
Shot a hawk & a rabbit
Bingfield 20 SATURDAY [201-164]
Most of the hay finished, except
Monery Bottoms & odd pieces. Put up a curtain in the lobby. Mended the
grass board of the mowing machine.
Bingfield 21 SUNDAY Ð 8 after Trinity [202-163]
May to church. Quiet day at home.
Bingfield 22 MONDAY [203-162]
Brady went to mow for Pat Smith.
Men cleaning the drive & helping me to hang the gate by the green house.
Mended some harness & put a handle to an axe. A hawk took one of my chickens
before the menÕs eyes.
Bingfield 23 TUESDAY [204-161] 8h 35m P.M. (Greenwich)
Brady went to the Summer capital
auction. Hay being carried in.
May, Laila, & the Richardsons
went to the Atkinsons. The hawk tried four times to get the chickens, but did
not succeed.
Tillage inspector went round the
place.
Bingfield 24 WEDNESDAY [205-160]
The Richardsons left. Cleaned out
the well belonging to the motor pump.
Galligan got the new cow from
Cavan. Hay being carted. Heavy showers.
Bingfield 25 THURSDAY [206-159] St. James, Ap.
Heavy showers. Some hay carting.
Basil & Vera arrived.
7th Month JULY 1918 31 Days
Bingfield 26 FRIDAY [207-158]
Hay carting. Worked at a churn dash
for Brady, and fixed the latch of the garden door. Basil went to Kilmore even
to shoot rabbits.
Wrote to Tom Hanafy to take his
timber away in ten days.
Basil
shot 3 rabbits
Bingfield 27 SATURDAY [208-157]
Men at BradyÕs hay in Lisnamandra.
May & the rest went to Cavan for tennis.
Basil
shot 5 rabbits
Bingfield 28 SUNDAY Ð 9 after Trinity [209-156]
Morn. service. Wrote to Frank
Begbie & Nasir Ëli.
Bingfield 29 MONDAY [210-155]
Brady cutting hay for a ÒswapÓ.
Galligan gathering rushes etc. for flax ties. Fitted a new bar to the hay rake
etc.
Basil shot two
rabbits & caught 8 trout.
Bingfield 30 TUESDAY [211-154] ƒ1h 14m P.M. (Greenwich)
Hay carting &
cutting round the edges of fields. Many aeroplanes one coming very near the
terrace. Mended MayÕs crochet needle & got Wagg to tighten my lathe belt.
Bingfield 31 WEDNESDAY [212-153] Trinity Law
Sittings end
Hay making. Basil, Vera,
Laila, & I went out in my boat. Rowed to Gardan Owl. Caught 6 small fish
& Basil one. Hot Day.
8th Month AUGUST
1918
31 Days
Bingfield 1
THURSDAY [213-152]
Lammass Day. Scottish Quarter
Day
Hay carting. Cut part of the lower
garden hedge.
Bingfield 2 FRIDAY [214-151]
Brady mowing for Pat Smith.
Mangolds & turnips thinned.
Put a new blade to my knife.
Bingfield 3 SATURDAY [215-150]
Went by train to Cavan on business
& watched the tennis. Home by 5.20 pm. train.
8th Month AUGUST
1918
31 Days
Bingfield 4 SUNDAY Ð 10 after Trinity [216-149]
War declared
between Great Britain and Germany, 1914
We all went to morn service Ð a
special one for the war. Our hawk took one of our half grown chickens Ð found
two others had gone. Saw Scott about it, as he has let a brood come out close
to his house
Bingfield 5 MONDAY [217-148] Bank Holiday. Royal
Academy closes
Mended the staircase window which
Vera broke yesterday. Put the Norton door check in to order. Made a new lever
for Burroughs Hay shifter & an oak block for it. May, Basil & Vera went
to tea at Farnham. Sent my trap to be done up.
Bingfield 6 TUESDAY [218-147] ˜ 8h 30m P.M. (Greenwich)
Men cleaning the garden walks &
turning hay in the lower pleasure ground.
Helped to clear snow berries. Very
hard work.
Bingfield 7 WEDNESDAY [219-146]
Turf piling & some hay work.
Showers. Made a bradawl handle.
Bingfield 8 THURSDAY [220-145]
Flax pulling begun. Odd jobs.
Bingfield 9 FRIDAY [221-144]
Flax retting & pulling in
ClerkinÕs field. Cut thorns in the new wood.
Wrote to Heathcote.
Bingfield 10 SATURDAY [222-143]
Flax retting in Back Lawn. About
half the field done. Basil went to tennis in Cavan. I went to the Erne with May
& the girls.
Bingfield 11 SUNDAY Ð 11 after Trinity [223-142]
Half Quarter Day
Wet nearly all day. We all stayed
at home. Wrote to Teddie.
Brady shot a hawk which had killed
one of Waggs chickens, but could not carry it away. One of my large white ducks
was found torn to pieces Ð we only found one wing & some entrails. Probably
a fox
Bingfield 12 MONDAY [224-141] Grouse Shooting
begins
Soldered an oil can & a
saucepan, mended the Waggs clock.
Marked 186 trees in the wood under
the house with Simons
Men pulling flax at Killibesn[3].
Basil to tennis at Cavan.
Shot 1 Rabbit
Bingfield 13 TUESDAY [225-140]
Men making flax ties. Cleared a lot
of the shrubbery in the lower pleasure ground.
8th Month AUGUST
1918
31 Days
Bingfield 14 WEDNESDAY [226-139] ‚ 11h 16m P.M. (Greenwich)
Brady sold five head of cattle at
Cavan fair. Men making flax ties.
Basil & I cleared the hedge at
the bottom of the lower garden. Eades helping me when Basil went to tea.
Bingfield 15 THURSDAY [227-138]
Some oats cut in the Cow pasture.
Cut a few laurels in the Bell grove. Basil & Vera went to fish at Bradys.
Bingfield 16 FRIDAY [228-137]
Flax spreading. Rain came on even.
Bingfield 17
SATURDAY [229-136]
Flax spreading in Barrack field.
Some rain. Made some apparatus, & Basil & I capped & loaded a lot
of cartridges.
Bingfield 18 SUNDAY Ð 12 after Trinity [230-135]
The rest to morn. service. Wrote to
White King & my mother
Bingfield 19 MONDAY [231-134]
Flax pulling. Mrs. Kennedy &
three boys to tea. Went round the marked timber with Mc.Intyre of Belfast
Bingfield 20 TUESDAY [232-133] Black game
Shooting begins
Flax pulling. Wrote a letter to
Rooke & Rooke for May to send to them after my death. Vera & Basil
spent the day on the lake.
Bingfield 21 WEDNESDAY [233-132]
Flax pulling & retting. Basil
& Vera bathed at Killawella & went to tennis in Cavan.
Bingfield 22 THURSDAY [234-131] 5h 2m A.M. (Greenwich)
Flax pulling. Altered the uncapping
apparatus for cartridges
Bingfield 23 FRIDAY [235-130]
Flax pulling. Fitted an iron lining
to the re-capper. Vera & Basil went to tennis in Cavan.
Bingfield 24 SATURDAY [236-129] St. Bartholomew,
Ap.
Flax retting. Drove into Cavan with
May & Laila, & played tennis for the first time for about 5 years.
Bingfield 25 SUNDAY Ð 13 after Trinity [237-128]
Morn. service with Basil &
Vera.
Bingfield 26 MONDAY [238-127]
The Horse Park reaped and stooked
with FosterÕs reaper & binder. Fitted a bail in the bullock yard. Vera
& Basil spent the day on the lake.
8th Month AUGUST
1918
31 Days
Bingfield 27 TUESDAY [239-126]
Wet. Men cleaning the low garden
ditch, chopping wood etc.
Heard from & wrote to Teddie.
Bingfield 28 WEDNESDAY [240-125] ƒ 7h 27m P.M. (Greenwich)
Reaping & binding in the
Unfortunate field. Soldered two lamps
Basil caught a 3lb pike in the
Erne.
Bingfield 29 THURSDAY [241-124]
All my oats and wheat reaped in the
Cow pasture.
Mended two gates.
Bingfield 30 FRIDAY [242-123]
Reaping & binding in the
Barrack & flax spreading.
This finishes the reaping all but
small corners that cannot be done with the binder.
Bingfield 31 SATURDAY [243-122]
Cleaning up after reaping. We all
drove or cycled in to Cavan for tennis.
9th Month SEPTEMBER 1918 30 Days
Bingfield 1 SEPT SUNDAY Ð 14 after Trinity
[244-121]
The rest went to church. Quiet day
at home.
Bingfield 2 MONDAY [245-120] Partridge Shooting
begins
Oats carted until stopped by heavy
showers. Then turnip weeding
Odd jobs Ð cut firewood with Basil
& Wagg.
I make the area actually under corn
this year
Cow
Pasture Acres 1.25
Unfortunate
field `` 4.75
Barrack
field `` 2.00
Horse
Park `` 2.75
10.75
Bingfield 3 TUESDAY [246-119]
Fine & warm after a frosty
night. One stack of oats finished & some flax picked up. Did some wood
chopping.
Bingfield 4 WEDNESDAY [247-118]
Brady took 2 cartloads of flax to
Cavan. May, Vera, & Laila to tea at the Smiths. Basil tennis in Cavan.
Petty sessions morn.
Bingfield 5 THURSDAY [248-117] ˜ 10h 44m A.M.
(Greenwich)
Oats carting & some flax
lifting. Soldered a can for Brady, dug potatoes etc.
Bingfield 6 FRIDAY [249-116]
All the corn carried. Dug potatoes
etc.
9th Month SEPTEMBER 1918 30 Days
Bingfield 7
SATURDAY [250-115] Jewish Year 5679 begins
Flax got ready to go to Cavan, but
heavy rain stopped it.
Took the Library stove to pieces,
as the back was worn out. The rest went to Cavan for Badminton.
Bingfield 8 SUNDAY Ð 15 after Trinity [251-114]
Morn. service with Vera &
Basil. Met some soldiers & police in motor Lorries and on bicycles going to
Killeshandra to stop a Sinn Fein meeting
Heard a loud cheering over here.
Bingfield 30 MONDAY Note the dates to end of month.
Fine & bright. Flax being
picked up and carried in. Odd jobs about the place.
Bingfield 24 TUESDAY
Heavy showers. Brady & Eades
went to Cavan to get timber sawed.
The rest pulling flax for
seed. Made a chair bottom for
Brady.
Dillon came to see about making a
grate for the library.
Bingfield 25 WEDNESDAY
Bright but showery. Flax being
brought in where possible. Saw John Masterson & settled my differences with
him. Put a hoop onto a tub etc.
Bingfield 26 THURSDAY
Showery. Men thrashing wheat in the
barn.
Bingfield 27 FRIDAY
The last of the flax pulled &
some brought in. Drove into Cavan with May who called on Mrs. Rowntree &
Mrs. Brabazon while I got my hair cut etc. Got my hair cut, and brought back
the Evinrude in my own trap which had been done up.
Bingfield 28 SATURDAY
Fine but showery. Askins, the
timber man, came with Simons & I accepted his offer of £300 for the marked
timber in the wood under the house. Flax work.
Shot
5 Rabbits
Bingfield 29 SUNDAY
Fine, but colder. May to
church. Quiet day at home.
Bingfield 9th. MONDAY
Sent in a two loads of
flax to Cavan. Some flax stacked.
Mc. Donald away owing to
trouble with his wife over drink.
Drew a design for a fire
place for the library.
Basil caught 5 doz.
perch.
9th Month SEPTEMBER
1918
30 Days
Bingfield 10 TUESDAY
Brady went to Cavan
fair, but bought no cattle. Flax spreading.
Worked all day at
putting a new back into the library stove. Vera & Basil to tennis in Cavan.
Bingfield 11 WEDNESDAY
Cavan show Ð We all
went. My cart mare won first prize
Bingfield 12 THURSDAY
BradyÕs oats cut in the
Cow Pasture. Cut a vent for smoke in the back of the library stove. Basil &
Vera to tennis in Cavan. Went to see Leddy about his daughterÕs drunkenness.
Bingfield 13
FRIDAY
Paid school bills, &
went to Cavan to get a bicycle for Vera.
Flax pulling & de-seeding in ClerkinÕs field. Saw Leddy about Mrs.
Mc. Donald.
Bingfield 14 SATURDAY
Wet day. Did a little
fancy turning. Thrashing with flails in the barn & wood cutting
Bingfield 16 SUNDAY
Wet day. Went alone to
afternoon service to hear the Primate preach at a Masonic service.
Bingfield 16 MONDAY
Basil & Vera left by
the early train for school. Flax being got out of the water in ClerkinÕs field.
A very intemperate letter from John Masterson about the shed at the StewardÕs
house. Replied. Later J. J. Taylor came to see me, & we settled the matter
by my giving up my claim to the shed. Heavy rain at intervals. Altered the
leather on a new scull for my boat etc. Smith, schoolmaster, came to see us
about teaching Laila. Sent away my gas cylinder.
Shot
one rabbit
Bingfield 17 TUESDAY
Some heavy showers. Flax
spreading in ClerkinÕs Field. Made a petrol lighter out of an old match box
Bingfield 18 WEDNESDAY
Fine day. Flax being
picked up Shot with Brady in the
Rocks
The
Clones cow had a dead calf prematurely
Shot 2 rabbits &
Brady one.
Bingfield 19 THURSDAY
Some showers. Corn ricks
being patched. Turned the nipples of my new brass cartridges. Smith the
Schoolmaster came to see me about books for Laila. Eades received an objection
to his vote signed by Pat Smith my former foreman.
9th Month SEPTEMBER
1918
30 Days
Bingfield 20 FRIDAY
Some showers. Flax being
spread & some brought in to be sent to Cavan.
Took down the sun blind
& made a new flange for it.
Bingfield 21 SATURDAY
Wet day. Stopped a leak
in the roof by the tank. Mrs. Burrowes called & brought some wheat meal.
Men thrashing in the barn.
Bingfield 22 SUNDAY
Morn service. Heavy
showers of rain & hail.
Bingfield 23 MONDAY
Showers. Flax being de-
seeded. Worked at the yard W. C. roof & the turret room roof & wall
near it, & the yard gate. Saw Mary Jane about her husbandÕs letter to me.
Did a little turning.
Smith, schoolmaster came to teach Laila
I
find I have turned over two pages of this diary on the 8th.
tomorrow
will be written on the page for the 10th.
10th Month OCTOBER 1918 31 Days
Bingfield 1 OCT TUESDAY [274-91] Cambridge
Michaelmas Term
begins.
Pheasant Shooting begins
Fine & bright. All
the flax, except 6 stooks & what is soaking, carried in. Also some of
BradyÕs corn. Began a stand for a glass cup in mahogany.
Bingfield 2 WEDNESDAY [275-90]
Drizzling rain a good
part of the day. Men cleaning up in front of the house. Went on with my
mahogany stand for a glass cup.
Went to petty sessions
morn. Gerard took me home & signed my Ret. Pay Voucher. Took the iron to
Dillon for the library grate.
Lent
Brady £ 3 Paid £1 Oct 5th. Paid £1. Nov. 9 th.
Paid
in full £1 Dec 5th.
Bingfield 3 THURSDAY [276-89]
Rain. Mrs. Mc. Donald came to
complain to me of her husband.
Went to see Father Lynch about it.
King sent me a hindustani letter to decipher. Made a fair copy. Wrote to Basil
& Vera
Worked at accounts & at my
mahogany stand. King announced EnidÕs engagement to Capt. Stokes.
Men fixing cement in rat holes in
the apple room etc.
Bingfield 4 FRIDAY [277-88]
Fine with one shower. Scott,
carpenter, came and repaired the yard gates. Men thrashing in the barn. Wrote
to King & sent him a fair copy of a hindustani letter.
10th Month OCTOBER 1918 31 Days
Bingfield 5 SATURDAY [278-87] ˜ 3h 5m A.M. Dividends
due at Bank
Wet. Men thrashing in the barn
& cleaning the Avenue. Scott came & made a new cover to the cistern
& fixed the w.c. in the yard.
I made a beech wood top to a glass
pickle jar.
Bingfield 6 SUNDAY Ð 19 after Trinity [279-86]
Morn. service. Heavy gale & a
great squall after church. Some of my hay blown about in Farnadaly. Brady picked
it up.
Bingfield 7 MONDAY [280-85] Mohammedan Year 1337
begins
Heavy showers. Brady began
thrashing after dinner. He could not get his engine to start before. I soldered
one pipe for him. Got through the greater part of one stack of oats
Glued up, & polished my
mahogany centrepiece.
The Maxwell girls came to tea with
Miss Sweet, their governess.
Pat came home on leave by the
midday train.
Bingfield 8 TUESDAY [281-84]
Fine with showers. Thrashing. Brady
took cattle to Cavan fair but did not sell. Finished my centre piece for Enid
King
The SmithÕs & Felix SmithÕs
daughter to supper.
Bingfield 9 WEDNESDAY [282-83]
Thrashing after dinner. Heavy rain
before.
Bingfield 10 THURSDAY [283-82] Oxford Michaelmas
Term begins
My thrashing finished. Packed my
centre piece for Enid King.
The Burrowes & Lady Farnham to
tea
Bingfield 11 FRIDAY [284-81]
Hay carting. Account of the torpedoing of the Mail
Boat Leinster, with a loss of some 600 lives, on the way to England.
Bingfield 12
SATURDAY [285-80] Michaelmas Law Sittings begin
Pat & Brady went out on the
lake. After they had started a telegram came from H.Q. N. Z. Forces for Pat to
join on Monday. Wired & wrote to the O. C. Scott came & we put up the
lid of the cistern. Emptied & cleaned both cisterns, repaired the wire of
top w.c. & put in a new plank for each lever.
Pat brought home 9 rabbits.
Bingfield 13 SUNDAY Ð 20 after Trinity [286-79] ‚
5h 0m
A.M. (Greenwich)
May & Pat to church. Supper at
Castle Cosby (Kevitt)
10th Month OCTOBER 1918 31 Days
Bingfield 14 MONDAY [287-78] Quarter Sessions
Week.
Fire
Insurances expire
Pat left by the morning train.
Heard from White King that his youngest son Bobby was lost from the torpedoed
Mail Boat ÒLeinsterÓ. Wrote to him. Worked with Scott (Carpenter) at the Stewards
House, Stables, & roof of the house.
Bingfield 15 TUESDAY [288-77]
Brady & Hoonan away on their
own business. Hay carting. Magee repaired the Turret Room roof etc. Mrs. Moore
called.
Bingfield 16 WEDNESDAY [289-76]
Mc. Donald & Galligan at Capt.
Scotts. Brady & Eades turf carting
Magee repaired slates on the
Stewards House, Stables, & roof of this house.
Bingfield 17 THURSDAY [290-75]
Men carting turf. Scott repaired
the passage floor in the Stewards House. Scraped & polished a small table,
but did not make a good job of it. Put a bottom into a bucket for Eades, &
turned a wood shot for a quick firer cartridge for Scott. May & Laila went
to Cavan.
Bingfield 18 FRIDAY [291-74] St. Luke, Evan.
Brady moved into the Stewards
house. Flax carting etc. May took Laila to a dancing class at Kevitt, but the
mistress did not come.
Made a bar for the kitchen range
etc. Heard from Pat that he has gone to France on Wednesday. Heard from &
wrote to Teddie. He says he is going to Cavalry.
Bingfield 19 SATURDAY [292-73] 9h 35m P.M. (Greenwich)
Hay carting. Went to Lismore &
saw BurroweÕs potatoe digger at work.
Altered the latch of the lower
garden door.
Bingfield 20 SUNDAY Ð 21 after Trinity [293-72]
Morn service. Laila in bed with
slight influenza. Wrote to my mother.
Bingfield 21 MONDAY [294-71] Nelson Day (1805)
Laila still in bed. Eades moved up
to the lodge. Mended the old Brewhouse table for him, etc. Men getting in
HoonanÕs hay.
Bingfield 22 TUESDAY [295-70]
Potatoe digging in the Round Bank
with BurroweÕs machine.
Went to Cavan to get my ferrets,
but they did not come. Did some shopping etc & home via the 5.30 P.M.
train.
Bingfield 23 WEDNESDAY [296-69]
Potatoe digging & flax carting.
Magee did some repairs at the Lodge. Made an inside bowl for a calabash pipe
left behind by Pat.
Got 4 ferrets from Hay dock
10th Month OCTOBER 1918 31 Days
Bingfield 24 THURSDAY [297-68]
Potatoe digging. Ferretted a little
Shot 3 rabbits & 3 rats.
Bingfield 25 FRIDAY [298-67]
Potatoe digging in Round bank finished.
Made a rosewood liner for pipe. Saw Scott about borrowing corn bags.
Bingfield 26 SATURDAY [299-66] ƒ 5h 35m P.M. (Greenwich)
Sent about 15 cwt of wheat to be
ground at Ballyhaise mill. Shot round the place with Brady.
Shot 1 Pheasant & a rabbit. Brady
2 Rabbits.
Bingfield 27 SUNDAY Ð 22 after Trinity [300-65]
May laid up. Stayed at home &
wrote to Pat.
Bingfield 28 MONDAY [301-64] SS. Simon and Jude
Sent back the potatoe digger. Put a
handle to an axe for Eades. May still upstairs.
Bingfield 29 TUESDAY [302-63]
Potatoe digging for Wagg. Brady
brought back my chest of silver etc from Cavan police station. May still
upstairs. White King sent me an Indian play (A scrap of paper. Purza-i-Kaglias)
to read.
Bingfield 30 WEDNESDAY [303-62]
Oats cleaning in the barn. Brady
put up a place for the ferrets in the old tool house (lime house) in the yard
Wet aft. Ferretted morn.
Shot 9
Rabbits.
Bingfield 31 THURSDAY [304-61]
Men cutting &
carting fallen timber Brady broke my long ladder cutting a branch of a tree.
May down stairs.
11th Month NOVEMBER 1918 30 Days
Bingfield 1 NOV FRIDAY [305-60] All SaintsÕ Day.
Holiday, Stock Exchange
Holiday for the men. Ferretted in
the Rocks with Brady.
Shot 3 rabbits
& Brady 2.
Bingfield 2 SATURDAY [306-59]
May not quite so well.
Sent for some wine for her. Men sorting potatoes
Wet nearly all day.
Fitted a screw to the Evinrude.
11th Month NOVEMBER 1918 30 Days
Bingfield 3 SUNDAY Ð 23 after Trinity [307-58] ˜ 9h 2m P.M. (Greenwich)
Fine & sunny. Morn.
service. May out of doors for a little.
Bingfield 4 MONDAY [308-57]
Brady took some oats to
Cavan market. Fitted a handle to Dr. SmithÕs winnowing machine & sent it
back. Heard from & wrote to Teddie, who was appointed to 20th.
Deccan Horse at Neemuch.
Bingfield 5 TUESDAY [309-56] Gunpowder Plot
Brady fencing his hay
etc. Mc. Donald digging his own potatoes etc
Fine after heavy rain
last night. Heard again from Teddie.
Bingfield 6 WEDNESDAY [310-55]
Petty sessions morn.
Only Meikle & I there. Went by train to Cavan for shopping. May drove in
later to see Halpin about her will.
Bingfield 7 THURSDAY [311-54]
Oates being got from
Ballinanagh mill.
Ferretted and shot 2
rabbits.
Bingfield 8 FRIDAY [312-53]
Some damage to slates
after a storm last night. Galligan & Eades in Cavan at the scutching of my
flax. Mc. Donald absent. Odd jobs about the place.
Paid Keegan £
1.17.0 for Brady. Paid Dec 5th.
Bingfield 9 SATURDAY [313-52]
Eades & Galligan in
Cavan at flax scutching. Mc. Donald at his potatoes.
Ferretted & got 8
rabbits.
Bingfield 10 SUNDAY Ð 24 after Trinity [314-51]
Went to see Dr. Smith
about a house for the timber men. He told me the Kaiser had abdicated.
Bingfield 11 MONDAY [315-50] ‚ 4h 46m P.M. (Greenwich)
Martinmas. Scottish Quarter Day. Half Quarter Day
Eades & Galligan at flax in
Cavan. Went to Cross-doney & hired a cottage for the timber men at 2/-per
week. Heard there that hostilities had ceased at 11. A.M. today. This
practically means the end of the war. Thank God.
11th Month NOVEMBER 1918 30 Days
Bingfield 12 TUESDAY [316-49]
Brady sold 6 bullocks in Cavan.
Mrs. Smith & two girls to tea.
Timber men came & brought their
horses.
Terms of the armistice in the
papers.
Bingfield 13 WEDNESDAY [317-48]
Hearing that Gordon is inclined to
refuse to continue scutching my flax, I wrote to him & consulted Burrowes,
with whom I lunched. Brady, Eades, & Galligan all went to Cavan with flax.
Timber men began cutting The mistressÕ grove. May to tea with Mrs. Moore of
Lisnamandra.
Bingfield 14 THURSDAY [318-47]
Brady laid up, apparently with
influenza. Eades drove us to Cavan & I put the matter of Gordon & my
flax into HalpinÕs hands.
Letter from Pat, who had been in a
battle about the 5th.
Later on, Eades, who had seen
Gordon, told me that he was not refusing to scutch my flax.
Bingfield 15 FRIDAY [319-46]
Heard from Gordon & replied.
Sent him two carts of flax. Saw Brady but could make very little of the matter.
Pat Magee at slates on the house & outbuildings. May & Laila went to
Kevitt.
Bingfield 16 SATURDAY [320-45]
Heard from Gordon & replied.
Sent in 3 carts of flax & got one of coal.
Wrote to Newby to know if a waggon
of coal is coming for me etc.
Brady not so well. Told Mc. Donald
to send Dr. Burke to see him.
Miss Sweet called. Lent her my
notes on the Alphabet & ÒNasar Ulla the LiarÓ
Bingfield 17 SUNDAY Ð 25 after Trinity [321-44]
May to morn. service. Frost.
Bingfield 18 MONDAY [322-43] 7h 33m A.M. (Greenwich)
Frost. Flax carting to Cavan. Had a long hunt
for missing spades. Brady still laid up.
Bingfield 19 TUESDAY [328-42]
Flax carting to Cavan. Brady out
for a little.
Ferretted & shot 6 rabbits in 8
Shots.
Bingfield 20 WEDNESDAY [324-41]
Flax being sent to Cavan &
being scutched. Heard from Halpin enclosing a cheeky letter from Gordon Ð
replied. Engine trouble, but got it right
Tried, but failed to stop the leak in the top W.C. Put a slate onto the
Larder roof.
11th Month NOVEMBER 1918 30 Days
Bingfield 21 THURSDAY [325-40]
All, or nearly all my flax sent to
Cavan. Fixed the electric bell.
Wrote to Teddie. Pat sent a German
machine gun lock & some bayonet tassles
Bingfield 22 FRIDAY [326-39]
Brady went to Cavan to see about my
flax & tow. May & Laila to the dancing class at Kevitt.
Bingfield 23 SATURDAY [327-38]
Wet. May & Laila went to tea at
Farnham. Wrote to Pat.
Odd jobs generally about the place.
Bingfield 24 SUNDAY Ð 26 after Trinity [328-37]
Damp unpleasant day. Rheumatism
prevented my going to church.
Bingfield 25 MONDAY [329-36] ƒ10h 25m A.M. (Greenwich)
Corn brought back ground from
Ballyhaise. Plumber came to work at top W. C. & water pipe to Carbonater. I
helped him
Rheumatism troublesome.
Bingfield 26 TUESDAY [330-35]
James Campbell, the plumber
finished his jobs. Eades & Galligan went to Cavan with timber to be sawn.
Brady & Mc. Donald in the garden. Rheumatism troublesome.
Bingfield 27 WEDNESDAY [331-34]
Still seedy. Fine, but damp. Eades
& Galligan went to Cavan to see about my tow. Began a tin handle for a jug,
but could not do much.
Bingfield 28 THURSDAY [332-33]
Wet. Brady went to Clones fair, but
did no business. Men in garden.
Bingfield 29 FRIDAY 333-32]
Men in the garden. Sent me a
drawing of some plates he wants for his menÕs shoulder badges. Sent a template
of it to Booth
Mr. & Mrs. Rowntree called. Dr.
Douglas came to see me & Brady.
Bingfield 30 SATURDAY [334-31] St. Andrew, Ap.
Potatoe digging in Barrack field.
The Maxwell girls & Daisy Scott came to tea.
12th Month DECEMBER 1918 31 Days
Bingfield 1 DEC SUNDAY Ð 1 in Advent [335-30]
Queen Alexandra born,
1844
May to church. Wrote to Gordon
about scutching, to Basil, & to Sergt. of police about our missing sugar
basin & cream jug.
12th Month DECEMBER 1918 31 Days
Bingfield 2 MONDAY [336-29]
Brady sold my flax in Cavan market.
Rheumatism troublesome
Mended a kitchen chair.
Bingfield 3 TUESDAY [337-28] ˜ 3h 19m P.M. (Greenwich)
Coal carting from the station. Fine & sunny. May to Lismore.
Ferretted with Brady. I shot 6 rabbits, B3, & dug out 2 Total 11
Bingfield 4
WEDNESDAY [338-27]
Coal
carting. Horses shod etc. Wrote to Teddie
from whom I had heard.
Bingfield 5 THURSDAY [339-26]
Brady bought 7 head of cattle for
me in Bellturbet fair. Tried to ferret rats at the Lodge.
Bolted 2 rabbits in front lawn
& missed both badly.
Bingfield 6 FRIDAY [340-25]
Ploughing begun in Monery Hill.
Some work in the garden. Hunted for gravel & found it in Back Lawn
Bingfield 7 SATURDAY [341-24]
Fine morn but wet aft. Eads began
to plough, but found the horse lame from a prick. May & Laila walked to the
dancing class.
Wrote a long letter to Nasir Ali.
Made a ÒbeetleÓ for pigs food.
Bingfield 8 SUNDAY Ð 2 in Advent [342-23]
May to Church. Went to see Moore at
Lisnamandra.
Bingfield 9 MONDAY [343-22]
Brady putting up a shed. Eades
getting timber from Cavan.
May to Lismore. Various odd jobs.
Kerr raising gravel.
Bingfield 10 TUESDAY [344-21] Black Game and
Grouse shooting ends
Brady bought & sold cattle for
me in Cavan. Made a tin handle for Mrs. WaggÕs jug. Put a new grate, made by
Dillon out of my old iron, into the Library. Sent Basil journey money
Mr. Armitage writes to say he is
leaving
Bingfield 11 WEDNESDAY [345-20] ‚
2h 31m
A.M. (Greenwich)
Brady & Galligan putting up a
shed. Eades ploughing in Monery large field. Altered the blower of the library
grate, mended my braces and other odd jobs.
12th Month DECEMBER 1918 31 Days
Bingfield 12 THURSDAY [346-19]
Brady & Galligan putting up the
shed. Eades ploughing. Laila to dancing class.
Ferretted & shot 3 rabbits,
Brady 3, Caught 1 Total 7
Bingfield 13 FRIDAY [347-18]
Brady & Galligan putting up the
shed. Eades drove May to Cavan for shopping. Kerr raising gravel. Sciatica
troublesome.
Bingfield 14 SATURDAY [348-17]
Brady & Mc. Donald putting up
the shed. Eades to Cavan with timber.
Sciatica troublesome after a bad
night.
Bingfield 15 SUNDAY Ð 3 in Advent [349-16] Ember
Week
May to church. Wrote to Vera,
Mother, Evie, Oswald & Ralph
Bingfield 16 MONDAY [350-15]
Sciatica very troublesome. Got a
spring tooth harrow.
Eades ploughed till the plough
broke & a shoe came off the horse.
Did some light odd jobs.
Bingfield 17 TUESDAY [351-14] 7h 18m P.M.
(Greenwich).
Oxford
Michaelmas Term ends
Eades ploughing, Galligan to Cavan
with timber Sciatica bad.
Kerr raising stones. Brady tried
for gravel in the Back Lawn but only found soft stuff. Wrote to Vida &
heard from Oswald.
Bingfield 18 WEDNESDAY [352-13] Ember Day
Eades ploughing, Brady &
Galligan at the shed. Mended the stable lamp. Laila to dancing class. May to
ambulance lecture at Lismore. Attended a vestry meeting Ð bitterly cold storm
on the way home.
Bingfield 19 THURSDAY 353-12] Cambridge
Michaelmas Term ends
Eades ploughing. Rest cleaning the
back lane. Helped Brady to fit a new iron stay to the plough. Basil came by 4.30
P.M. train.
Bingfield 20 FRIDAY [354-11] Ember Day
Brady bought cattle at Arva fair.
Eades drove me to Cavan for shopping etc.
Bingfield 21 SATURDAY [355-10] Michaelmas Law
Sittings end.
St.
Thomas, Ap. Ember Day
Basil to Cavan for badminton.
Ferretted with Brady, Eades ploughing
Shot 2 rabbits & Brady one,
caught one Ð total 4.
Bingfield 22 SUNDAY Ð 4 in the Advent [356-9]
Cold & raw with some rain. Only
Basil to church.
12th Month DECEMBER 1918 31 Days
Bingfield 23 MONDAY [357-8]
Basil & I fixed the fly wheel
of the pumping engine. Brady & Galligan at the shed. Eades ploughing.
Basil
shot two snipe.
Bingfield 24 TUESDAY [358-7]
Cold & raw with
frost aft. Men gravelling the back lane.
Ralph arrived by 4.30
P.M. train. Sciatica still troublesome.
Bingfield 25 WEDNESDAY [359-6] CHRISTMAS DAY.
Quarter Day.
ƒ 6h 31m A.M (Greenwich)
The rest went to church.
Quiet day at home.
Bingfield 26 THURSDAY [360-5] St. Stephen, M.
Boxing Day.
Bank
Holiday
Made a petrol lighter
out of an old match box. The boys went out on the lake & shot a duck &
3 Bald Coots of which they lost one.
Bingfield 27 FRIDAY [361-4] St. John, Evan.
Wheat being sown in
Round Bank & yard being cleaned
The boys went ferreting
in Lismore, but only got 2 rabbits.
May & Laila went my[4]
motor car to a party at the Atkinsons
Bingfield 28 SATURDAY [362-3] InnocentsÕ Day
Eades did some
ploughing. Men cleaning the yard. May & the boys went to Cavan.
Bingfield 29 SUNDAY Ð 1 after Christmas [363-2]
No one went to church,
but Basil went to the Burrowes.
Bingfield 30 MONDAY [364-1] Quarter Sessions Week
Ploughing in Monery
morn. Ralph left by midday train for Belgium.
Yard being cleaned.
Wrote to Askins the timber man about damage to the hack stable.
Basil
shot 3 snipe.
Bingfield 31 TUESDAY [365-0]
Mr. Askins called to see
Johnny. Yard cleaning & ploughing in Monery.
Basil
shot 3 snipe & a water hen.
2.4
CASH
ACCOUNTS
2.5
STOCK
ON BINGFIELD 10 JAN 1918
2.6
WAGES
2.6.1
WAGES
AS FIXED BY LAW
3
LOOSE
PAPERS FILED IN DIARY
3.1
NEWSPAPER
CLIPPING
