What was the duty? I have heard two different answers: they either used to milk cows, or they used to breast feed children of rich families. Which was it?
2006-07-25 17:12:27 · 6 answers · asked by Lloyd 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
It wasn't that long ago. When I first started working, the woman I worked with had been a milk maid in her youth. In the days before milking machines were invented, cows were milked by hand, and the milk maids were the ones who did the milking, washed the udders, scalded the pails, and strained the milk. This was in England and on the Continent. For some reason, milking and cattle care was regarded as a
man's job, in North America, and there were very few milk maids in this continent.
The women who breast fed the children of rich families were called wet nurses. That is, they suckled the children. The day-to-day care of the children was given by nurse maids, who looked after everything else.
Hope this answers your question.
2006-07-25 18:31:48 · answer #1 · answered by old lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Milk maids milked cows wet nurses brerast fed the children of the aristocracy.
2006-07-26 01:24:55 · answer #2 · answered by samanthajanecaroline 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've heard they were women used to breast feed children of wealthy families. Slave women used to do that...
But then, those were milk nurses or something...
heck, I don't know.
2006-07-25 17:16:15 · answer #3 · answered by MsSassy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-03 00:30:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Milk maids tended dairy cattle. Wetnurses breastfed others' children.
2006-07-25 17:15:52 · answer #5 · answered by Maureen F 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They tended to the cows.
2006-07-25 17:16:57 · answer #6 · answered by suequek 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋