Ditto here on the cheesy plastic butter dish. With two crazy twin boys running around, we try to keep glass to a minimum.. 
More is good, Brook. Please share!
I've seen some horn products- cribbage boards, salt cellars, powder horns, buttons, "hook and eye" closures... Up north antlers are used for similar things... plus candlabras, chandeliers, door-handles, cupboard-pulls, etc. I've seen both horns and antlers used in the fashioning of furniture such as chair arms and legs, table legs, lamps.
(Speaking of cattle lore... I once heard that most cows have pink udders, but that certain varieties w/ dark or black udders were preferred in northern climates because pale colored udders supposedly burned in winter time from bright sun reflected off snow on the ground. Have you ever come across such a tale in your travels/researches?)
I've seen some horn products- cribbage boards, salt cellars, powder horns, buttons, "hook and eye" closures... Up north antlers are used for similar things... plus candlabras, chandeliers, door-handles, cupboard-pulls, etc. I've seen both horns and antlers used in the fashioning of furniture such as chair arms and legs, table legs, lamps.
(Speaking of cattle lore... I once heard that most cows have pink udders, but that certain varieties w/ dark or black udders were preferred in northern climates because pale colored udders supposedly burned in winter time from bright sun reflected off snow on the ground. Have you ever come across such a tale in your travels/researches?)
OK, well, we all know why some cows wear bells and others don't right? Since we are bovining it..
Because their horns don't work of course. :p
Seriously, I thought we had this discussion here a while back, but maybe that was somewhere else.
A farmer will put a bell on a pregnant cow in case it gives birth in the field. The cow will stay with the calf and not return with the herd. Like many mammals, the cow will lick the calf to remove after birth. The licking sets off the bell and will tip off the farmer as to the cows location.
Farmers will also use them on troublesome cows who wander off alone or are prone to running away.
Seriously, I thought we had this discussion here a while back, but maybe that was somewhere else.
A farmer will put a bell on a pregnant cow in case it gives birth in the field. The cow will stay with the calf and not return with the herd. Like many mammals, the cow will lick the calf to remove after birth. The licking sets off the bell and will tip off the farmer as to the cows location.
Farmers will also use them on troublesome cows who wander off alone or are prone to running away.