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A Danish milk maid with shoulder yoke circa 1935. A milkmaid, milk maid, milkwoman, dairymaid, or dairywoman is a girl or woman who works with milk or cows. [1] She milks cows and also uses the milk to prepare dairy products such as cream, butter, and cheese. Many large houses employ milkmaids instead of having other staff do the work.
Also shown is a detail from the maid's brilliant blue apron. The woman would have been known as a "kitchen maid" or maid-of-all-work rather than a specialised "milkmaid" at the time the painting was created: "milk maids" were women who milked cows; kitchen maids worked in kitchens. [5]
The Milkmaid of Bordeaux (Spanish: La lechera de Burdeos) [1] is an oil-on-canvas painting completed between 1825 and 1827, generally attributed to the Spanish artist Francisco Goya (1746–1828).
Historically, a milkmaid was a woman who milked cows and supplied milk. Milkmaid may also refer to: Milkmaid (horse), a racehorse; The Milkmaid, a 1953 Finnish film; The Milkmaid, a 2020 Nigerian film; The Milkmaid, a painting by Johannes Vermeer; The Milkmaid of Bordeaux, a painting by Francisco Goya
Wet-nursed children may be known as "milk-siblings", and in some societies, the families are linked by a special relationship of milk kinship. Wet-nursing existed in societies around the world until the invention of reliable formula milk in the 20th century. The practice has made a small comeback in the 21st century.
The Milkmaid of Tsarskoye Selo (also known as Girl with a pitcher) (Russian: Девушка с кувшином; other names: Milkwoman, Tsarskoye Selo Statue, Peretta) is a fountain in the Catherine Park of Tsarskoye Selo in St. Petersburg (designed by Augustin Betancourt, sculpted by Pavel Sokolov).
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A carrying pole, also called a shoulder pole [1] or a milkmaid's yoke, is a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load. This piece of equipment is used in one of two basic ways: