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Milkmaid

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Girl or woman employed to milk dairy cows
For other uses, seeMilkmaid (disambiguation).
A Danish milk maid withshoulder yoke circa 1935

Amilkmaid,milk maid,milkwoman,dairymaid, ordairywoman is a girl or woman who works with milk or cows.[1]

She milks cows and also uses themilk to preparedairy products such ascream,butter, andcheese. Many large houses employ milkmaids instead of having other staff do the work. The termmilkmaid is not the female equivalent ofmilkman in the sense of one who delivers milk to the consumer;[citation needed] it is the female equivalent ofmilkman in the sense ofcowman ordairyman.[2]

Further information:Jack in the Green § Origins in the 18th century

In 1600s-1800s English "milkmaids" sold milk wearing a yoke holding two milk pails and vending vessels, and also decorated themselves for the London May Day procession.[3][4]

Cowpox

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As a result of exposure tocowpox, which conveys a partialimmunity to the disfiguring (and often fatal) diseasesmallpox, it was noticed that milkmaids lacked the scarred, pockmarked complexion common to smallpox survivors. This observation led to the development of the firstvaccine.[5]

Cultural references

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Milkmaid inMinnesota, United States, 2008
Milkmaid anddairy cattle in Mangskog,Sweden, 1911

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References

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  1. ^Galen, Jessica A. B. (2017)."Dairymaids".The Oxford Companion to Cheese (1st ed.). Oxford University Press.doi:10.1093/acref/9780199330881.013.0270 (inactive 1 November 2024).ISBN 978-0-19-933088-1. Retrieved2022-12-23.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link)
  2. ^Hough, Carole (2001). "Middle EnglishDeye in a Fifteenth-Century Cookery Book".Neuphilologische Mitteilungen.102 (3):303–305.JSTOR 43344800.The standard edition of the cookbook glossesdeye as 'dairymaid', and indeed the term is otherwise recorded as a simplex in Middle English only with this meaning or the masculine equivalent 'dairyman'.
  3. ^Hammerstrom, Kirsten (7 February 2013)."Blame the Milk Maid".Kitty Calash. Retrieved5 November 2024.
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  5. ^Stern, Alexandra Minna;Howard Markel (2005)."The History Of Vaccines And Immunization: Familiar Patterns, New Challenges"(PDF).Health Affairs.24 (3):611–621.doi:10.1377/hlthaff.24.3.611.PMID 15886151. Retrieved25 December 2010.
  6. ^The Associated Press (November 26, 2012)."'12 days of Christmas' cost: How much is a partridge in a pear tree?". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved8 May 2014.
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