There is an excellent article in this week’s issue of Norway Times newspaper which deals with Viking Disease (Dupuytren’s) titled “Clenched Fist”. It is evidently common among scandinavians and frequently mentioned in the Norse Sagas. I have it in both hands and treatment has not been successful, so I am sure that I would not be able to milk a cow if requested. Carl Pedersen Williamsport, MD Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10 From: Ingrid Kjønnøy<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2017 6:08 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [NOR] Translation Fascinating story about milking of cows! It sounds almost like a joke, but I suspect it is true. Remember that milking with your hands is a skilled task. You need practice to succeed. Your gggrandfather probably wasn't able to do it. :-) Ingrid -----Opprinnelig melding----- Fra: NORWAY [mailto:[email protected]] På vegne av Lenise Cook Sendt: 29. mars 2017 01:10 Til: [email protected] Emne: Re: [NOR] Translation I did say we questioned the truth of the matter :-) > On Mar 28, 2017, at 4:08 PM, Bev Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Fascinating! If the cow urinated or defecated in the house while being there for his wife to milk from her sickbed, who cleaned up after the cow? > > :-D Bev > > > > On 3/28/2017 3:55 PM, Lenise Cook wrote: >> On Mar 28, 2017, at 1:40 PM, Ingrid Kjønnøy <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Budeie - woman who milked cows. This was never a man's job until the milk machines were introduced. Never. Fact. > Our family has a story that our German-born gg grandfather was so set on the fact that milking cows was women’s work that he brought the cow inside the house for his wife to milk it from her sick bed. The truth of that is questionable, but yes, milking cows was definitely not man’s work. :-) > > > > > > Norwaylist Archiveshttp://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=norway > > RESUBSCRIBE UNSUB > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/NOR/NORWAY.html > > guidelines http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~norway/guidelines.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Norwaylist Archiveshttp://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=norway RESUBSCRIBE UNSUB http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/NOR/NORWAY.html guidelines http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~norway/guidelines.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Norwaylist Archiveshttp://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=norway RESUBSCRIBE UNSUB http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/NOR/NORWAY.html guidelines http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~norway/guidelines.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Milking cows does take a certain skill in how one holds one's fingers and masters the action of how to get the milk out. I lived on a farm all my young life, but we didn't have cows (except for one, but I was too young to milk it), and we raised grain instead of animals. Several relatives had farms, and one uncle had a Grade A Dairy farm with milking machines, but I was around farm animals all my life, and my dad was a veterinarian's assistant for a while. The parents of a friend of mine from confirmation class had cows they milked by hand, and once when I was visiting at milking time they joked it was time I learned how to milk a cow, so they set me by a cow who only had two teats. Luckily, I was able to wash her properly and caught on quickly and mastered how to do the downward stroke/squeeze that produced milk and I was even able to milk her dry - but it does take a certain skill set to gently but firmly get the milk to come out of the teat. I can see how it would be difficult for a person with Dupuytren's, or arthritis or the like to milk a cow. Bev On 3/29/2017 7:12 AM, carl pedersen wrote: > There is an excellent article in this week’s issue of Norway Times newspaper which deals with Viking Disease (Dupuytren’s) titled “Clenched Fist”. It is evidently common among scandinavians and frequently mentioned in the Norse Sagas. I have it in both hands and treatment has not been successful, so I am sure that I would not be able to milk a cow if requested. > > Carl Pedersen > Williamsport, MD > > Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10 > > From: Ingrid Kjønnøy<mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2017 6:08 AM > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [NOR] Translation > > Fascinating story about milking of cows! It sounds almost like a joke, but I suspect it is true. Remember that milking with your hands is a skilled task. You need practice to succeed. Your gggrandfather probably wasn't able to do it. :-) > > Ingrid > > -----Opprinnelig melding----- > Fra: NORWAY [mailto:[email protected]] På vegne av Lenise Cook > Sendt: 29. mars 2017 01:10 > Til: [email protected] > Emne: Re: [NOR] Translation > > I did say we questioned the truth of the matter :-) > >> On Mar 28, 2017, at 4:08 PM, Bev Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Fascinating! If the cow urinated or defecated in the house while being there for his wife to milk from her sickbed, who cleaned up after the cow? >> >> :-D Bev >> >> >> >> On 3/28/2017 3:55 PM, Lenise Cook wrote: >>> On Mar 28, 2017, at 1:40 PM, Ingrid Kjønnøy <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Budeie - woman who milked cows. This was never a man's job until the milk machines were introduced. Never. Fact. >> Our family has a story that our German-born gg grandfather was so set on the fact that milking cows was women’s work that he brought the cow inside the house for his wife to milk it from her sick bed. The truth of that is questionable, but yes, milking cows was definitely not man’s work. :-) >>
My great great grandmother, born 1818 in Oppdal, spent her early days tending cows in the mountains. She was widowed at 53, immigrated to Wisconsin at 56, and took out a homestead in South Dakota. She lived alone, in a small house on the prairie and kept cows (she rounded them up morning and evening from the slough) until she was in her early 80's. Finally her arthritis got the best of her and her children insisted she move to town! That just shows the independence of our Norwegian ancestors and how dependent they were on cows! Carol from Kentucky. Sent from my iPad > On Mar 29, 2017, at 7:36 AM, Bev Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Milking cows does take a certain skill in how one holds one's fingers and masters the action of how to get the milk out. I lived on a farm all my young life, but we didn't have cows (except for one, but I was too young to milk it), and we raised grain instead of animals. Several relatives had farms, and one uncle had a Grade A Dairy farm with milking machines, but I was around farm animals all my life, and my dad was a veterinarian's assistant for a while. The parents of a friend of mine from confirmation class had cows they milked by hand, and once when I was visiting at milking time they joked it was time I learned how to milk a cow, so they set me by a cow who only had two teats. Luckily, I was able to wash her properly and caught on quickly and mastered how to do the downward stroke/squeeze that produced milk and I was even able to milk her dry - but it does take a certain skill set to gently but firmly get the milk to come out of the teat. > > I can see how it would be difficult for a person with Dupuytren's, or arthritis or the like to milk a cow. > > Bev > > >> On 3/29/2017 7:12 AM, carl pedersen wrote: >> There is an excellent article in this week’s issue of Norway Times newspaper which deals with Viking Disease (Dupuytren’s) titled “Clenched Fist”. It is evidently common among scandinavians and frequently mentioned in the Norse Sagas. I have it in both hands and treatment has not been successful, so I am sure that I would not be able to milk a cow if requested. >> >> Carl Pedersen >> Williamsport, MD >> >> Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10 >> >> From: Ingrid Kjønnøy<mailto:[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2017 6:08 AM >> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [NOR] Translation >> >> Fascinating story about milking of cows! It sounds almost like a joke, but I suspect it is true. Remember that milking with your hands is a skilled task. You need practice to succeed. Your gggrandfather probably wasn't able to do it. :-) >> >> Ingrid >> >> -----Opprinnelig melding----- >> Fra: NORWAY [mailto:[email protected]] På vegne av Lenise Cook >> Sendt: 29. mars 2017 01:10 >> Til: [email protected] >> Emne: Re: [NOR] Translation >> >> I did say we questioned the truth of the matter :-) >> >>> On Mar 28, 2017, at 4:08 PM, Bev Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Fascinating! If the cow urinated or defecated in the house while being there for his wife to milk from her sickbed, who cleaned up after the cow? >>> >>> :-D Bev >>> >>> >>> >>>> On 3/28/2017 3:55 PM, Lenise Cook wrote: >>>> On Mar 28, 2017, at 1:40 PM, Ingrid Kjønnøy <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Budeie - woman who milked cows. This was never a man's job until the milk machines were introduced. Never. Fact. >>> Our family has a story that our German-born gg grandfather was so set on the fact that milking cows was women’s work that he brought the cow inside the house for his wife to milk it from her sick bed. The truth of that is questionable, but yes, milking cows was definitely not man’s work. :-) >>> > > Norwaylist Archiveshttp://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=norway > > RESUBSCRIBE UNSUB > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/NOR/NORWAY.html > > guidelines http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~norway/guidelines.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message