Plural of milk maid

[AlexAD]

In Belarus, we still have such lasses :), they compete with machines in the "proper" country and machines are going to defeat them. Not soon, though.
I think, Russia, Kazahstan (Did you watch "Borat"?) and some of countries from the former Soviet Union join the club.

[Barb_D]

I read an entertaining book a while back set on a dairy farm where girls who were "in trouble" (pregnant without benefit of partners) came to be dairy maids, and they sang songs from the Sound of Music to the cows while they took care of them, until it was time for them to have their babies. The milk was then made into cheese, widely coveted for its incredible taste.

Ah - the title of the book was Blessed Are the Cheesemakers. How can you not love a title based on a Monty Python sketch. It was quirky and not great, but had some lasting images.

[freezeframe]

I read an entertaining book a while back set on a dairy farm where girls who were "in trouble" (pregnant without benefit of partners) came to be dairy maids, and they sang songs from the Sound of Music to the cows while they took care of them, until it was time for them to have their babies. The milk was then made into cheese, widely coveted for its incredible taste.

Ah - the title of the book was Blessed Are the Cheesemakers. How can you not love a title based on a Monty Python sketch. It was quirky and not great, but had some lasting images.

Hm... I think you mean Blessed Are any Manufacturers of Dairy Products.

[SoothingDave]

You are more likely to find 8 maids a-milking than you are 10 lords a-leaping.

[Barb_D]

Shows what you know!

You don't know what happened as Prince William's bachelor party??

[SoothingDave]

Must be difficult to tip the strippers when all of the banknotes have your grandma's picture on them!

[Barb_D]

And having wandered this far off-topic, I think we better end this discussion of the plural of milkmaids.