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31.1 to 3.2.1951 cont.

snow above a most definite snow line at about 700 feet, this line in several places running across the middle of a field.  There was a rather cold SW.W. wind but bright hot sun.  1st Feb. warm & lovely mild sunny day, but with strong SW. wind - almost a gale, after which rain came on in late evening & lasted all night.  All this with a steady glass!  About 11 AM. on 2nd to our surprise more flakes commenced to come down amongst the rain & by noon it was snowing steadily though still quite mild at this height (150 ft.).  The snow continued till bed time by which it was lying some inches thick & had frozen.  By 8 AM. on 3rd a thaw had started & continued till now, 5 P.M., as I write.  The glass started to fall towards evening of 2nd & fell slowly all night yet from dawn till 3.30 PM on 3rd we had blue sky & brilliant hot sun.  Not a breath of wind was there all day on 2nd nor today 3rd.  It is now dull & threatening toward W. & glass still falling & for the last few hours falling rapidly. 

On 1st walked to Orwell Bridge, Dodder Park, & home via Narrow Walls to Rathfarnham.  Saw only one unopened bud on Lesser Celandine in usual place between the Narrow Walls & Rathfarnham Castle.


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2nd Feb 1951. 

On this day M.D.S. had a lot of trouble with Margaret Beatty who arrived from Delgany without any luggage & had to be put into Bloomfield Mental Home in evening for voluntary treatment, which she accomplished between 9 & 10 P.M.


3rd Feb. 

During afternoon had the pleasure of listening to comment on Rugby football match between Scotland & Wales from Murrayfield, Edinburgh;  in which match a young Scottish team fairly held the triumphant Welshmen in first half (1 penalty goal) & in 2nd half tramped through them to victory by 2 goals, 1 dropped goal, 1 penalty goal & 1 try (19 points) to nil.  The Welshmen having beaten England as they liked a fortnight earlier at Swansea were expected to win easily, especially as France had beaten Scotland in the last few minutes of the game in Paris 3 weeks ago.  As I guessed, however, the fault lay in the English centre 3/4 in failing to stop the Welsh centres.  This afternoon every time the Welsh centres tried to go through they were brought down & this completely demoralized the whole Welsh team in the second half, during during which Kinnonmonth the Scots captain dropped a goal from the touch-line outside the 25 yards flag.