Note 198 — Chapter XII
Reading edition
“They give new-born infants fresh butter to take away the miconium, and this they do for several days.”—Martin’s Western Islands (p. 195). In the western islands there was a supposition that cream could be charmed away to another churn. The use of butter must have extended far beyond the period when it was first known in Europe. They have a proper name for churn muidhe.