Rushed from school to town in order to find a clown’s hat for Saturday’s carnival, and having tried at least a dozen shops, at last got what I wanted. After dinner I spent an hour trying on and completing my outfit, and I scarcely finished a quarter of my exercises, as every moment I had to stand up again, and be measured. Poor Nannie ((Nannie: Aloys’ maternal grandmother, Walburga Swertz née Rössler of Dachau (1854-1945). She came to Cork in 1880. She did not see her family again for 21 years, when in 1901 she accompanied her daughter Tilly to Munich, who was to begin her studies at the Royal Academy of Music. Her next and last visit was in 1930 to see the Oberammergau passion play.)) and Mammy had a terrible job of it, but at last everything was ready for 10 o’clock. Was very disgusted with Lisburn and Townsend, my stamp agents. A parcel of extra leaves for my stamp-album is now due about four weeks, and no answer has been given to a card I sent asking them to send it on. This is very unusual for an English firm, who are generally very honest and thorough in their dealings.
