She then will squeeze the rest of the buttermilk out with her paddles. Once the milk is gone Lucy will pull her butter press from the cold spring water and fill it with the freshly churned butter. The resulting design is pleasing to the eye and marks the butter as hers when she gets a chance to trade some. The buttermilk and butter will last a long time in the cool springhouse. Around noon all of the children begin clamoring for lunch.
Lunch is a simple affair consisting of fry cakes, a little jerky and nice cool buttermilk.
Lunch is possibly the most pleasant time of day for Lucy. All of the children are together and she has a chance to do a little teaching. Schooling consists more of living skills than the three R's. Today she is showing the children what herbs she found in the forest yesterday. She explains what each cures and how to prepare them.