In the second compartment are profane vessels, destined to receive the butter and buttermilk, after they have been carefully transferred from the sacred vessels with the help of an intermediary vessel, which stands exactly on the line between the two compartments.

This transference, being carried out to the accompaniment of all sorts of reverential gestures and utterances, secures such a profanation of the sacred substance as is without the evil consequences that would otherwise be entailed.

Thus the ritual is essentially precautionary.

A taboo is the hinge of the whole affair.
And the tendency of such a negative type of religion is to pile precautions on precautions.

Thus the dairyman, in order to be equal to his sacred office, must observe taboos without end.