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Once harvested and back at the homestead, the ''oliveñas'' (leaves that had fallen into the basket when the milking method was used to harvest the olives) ) were then removed and the olives were stripped of the small stems using a curious wooden device called a ''zaranda'', which was also used in large areas of Navarra. This operation was called “airing the olives” in Viana (N). That device was a type of sieve, over two metres long, consisting of small strips in the form of a mesh, with gaps between them. It was positioned at a slope with one end on the ground and the other held in place on wooden boards or wedges. It was used to separate the olives, once the contents of the baskets had been tipped out on to the device. Two people were needed for this procedure, one of whom tipped out the olives and the other person would kneel on the ground and remove the ''oliveñas''' '''''and small stems so that the olives would drop through the mesh (''tarrastrañas ''in Viana).