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>I was watching a segment of Gone With the Wind last night....and after
>Melanie's baby is born, and they are trying to make it back to Tara amidst
>the flames and gunshot of war,..they encounter a cow, which Vivian Leigh
>ties to the back of the cart.....she says.."We'll need milk for the baby!".
Ack.
>
>I wonder if , in Civil War times, in the US, they indeed were feeding baby's
>cows milk...probably so..
>
Well, to give Scarlett the benefit of the doubt, my recollection is that
Melanie nearly died in childbirth, and was pretty weak and feverish in the
back of that wagon, so possibly a genuine case of insufficient milk?  I
think one of the servants (Dilcy?) breastfed Melanie's baby *and* her own
when they eventually arrived at Tara.

Jean Geary
Fundraiser, INFACT Canada & Gone With the Wind Fan
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