148 KIMI. 



ing qimlitj, by way of a narcotic, and 

 partly to bring on the labour pains. The 

 clergyman's wife told me an infallible me- 

 thod, as she said, to prevent the pains 

 which often follow childbirth. When the 

 woman's first child is born, and the umbi- 

 lical cord divided, a spoonful of the blood 

 is given her to swallow. This is to be prac- 

 tised at every succeeding labour, and I was 

 assured that each would be rendered more 

 easy, without any after pains. 



In East Bothnia, as well as in Medelpad, 

 it is customary to have the dairy superin- 

 tended by a superior female servant, called 

 the faboclnj-, who receives for each cow 

 one pound of butter and one of cheese, be- 

 sides a pound of mesosmor. (See v. 1. 197.) 



To obtain a greater quantity of butter, 

 the milk is set by, either in a cellar or in 

 a double-walled house, to be kept as cold 

 as possible, for at least two days, or so 

 long as that it will not stick to the finger. 

 The milk will not turn sour, but will be- 

 come very thin and blue, while the cream 



