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Pilt Carin Ersdotter (1814–1885), was a Swedish milkmaid from Djura in Dalarna who became famous for her beauty. She sold milk on the street of Stockholm in 1833-1834, and attracted so much attention that she became a mascot to be displayed in the salons of the aristocracy for money. Being a girl from Dalarna, she was called "dalkulla" (girl ...
A milkmaid, milk maid, milkwoman, dairymaid, or dairywoman is a girl or woman who milks cows. [1] She 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. The term milkmaid is not the female equivalent of milkman in the sense of one who ...
Karolina Olsson. Karolina Olsson (29 October 1861 – 5 April 1950), also known as " Soverskan på Oknö " ("The Sleeper of Oknö"), was a Swedish woman who purportedly remained in hibernation between 1876 and 1908 (32 years). [1] This is believed to be the longest time that anyone has lived in this manner who then awoke without any residual ...
H 45.5 cm × W 41 cm (17 + 7⁄8 in × 16 + 1⁄8 in) Location. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The Milkmaid (Dutch: De melkmeid or Het melkmeisje), sometimes called The Kitchen Maid, is an oil-on-canvas painting of a "milkmaid", in fact, a domestic kitchen maid, by the Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer. It is in the Rijksmuseum in ...
Lydia, the Swiss Milkmaid. Lydia, the Swiss Milkmaid (a.k.a. Lydia, ou la Laitière Suisse, or as Natalie, oder Das schweizer Milchmädche) is a Demi-Caractère ballet in 2 acts, with choreography by Filippo Taglioni and music by Adalbert Gyrowetz. [1]
Filmjölk (Swedish: [ˈfîːl.ˌmjœlk]), also known as fil, is a traditional fermented milk product from Sweden, and a common dairy product within most of the Nordic countries. It is made by fermenting cow's milk with a variety of bacteria from the species Lactococcus lactis and Leuconostoc mesenteroides.
Kirsten Caroline Dunst (/ ˈkɪərstən /; born April 30, 1982) is an American actress. She made her acting debut in the anthology film New York Stories (1989) and has since starred in several film and television productions. She has received several awards including nominations for an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and four Golden ...
The milkmaid and her pail. The Milkmaid and Her Pail is a folktale of Aarne-Thompson -Uther type 1430 about interrupted daydreams of wealth and fame. [1] Ancient tales of this type exist in the East but Western variants are not found before the Middle Ages. It was only in the 18th century that the story about the daydreaming milkmaid began to ...