had happened was that Bobbie had got frightened we suppose of Tim & young Charles Aikens who were playing up above in the loft, and backed out suddenly upsetting Dad. & his milk right back of Cnocfierna's heels and stepping on him as she went out. All that racket of course scared Cnocfierna and she surged back and broke her stancion and backed out right on top of poor Dad. I had been washing off their bag so the floor behind them was awfully mucky so that he was a terrible sight but fortunately not seriously hurt but pretty badly bruised. I stayed scared for a long time and when I saw Mr. Charles Aikens I told him to get off the place and stay off.

Saturday September 17th

It rained hard this morning so we didn't go to get a load of corn. It came out very hot after the rain and Dad. and I just did chores and odd jobs, one of which was to get the lambs in and rtrim them up. We took the team & waggon out to the corn foeld and got. alot of the stalks