tuzanne
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Mothers Day
Interesting that it falls on different dates in UK. We british mums have already had our day, but hope you US mums have a good day.
Mothering Sunday (Mother's Day) is always the fourth Sunday of Lent.
2009 Mothering Sunday in UK in 2009 - 22 March
(Mother's Day in US in 2009 - 10 May)
2010 Mothering Sunday in UK in 2010 - 14 March
(Mother's Day in US in 2010 - 9 May)
2011 Mothering Sunday in UK in 2011 - 3 April
(Mother's Day in US in 2010 - 8 May)
The History behind Mothering Sunday
Mothering Sunday was also known as 'Refreshment Sunday' or 'Mid-Lent Sunday'. It was often called Refreshment Sunday because the fasting rules for
Lent were relaxed, in honour of the 'Feeding of the Five Thousand', a story in the Christian Bible.
No one is absolutely certain exactly how the idea of Mothering Sunday began. However, it is known that on this day, about four hundred years ago,
people made a point of visiting their nearest big church (the Mother Church). A cathedral is a very large church and the 'mother church' of all
other churches in an area ('diocese'). Canterbury Cathedral is pictured below. Chiddingstone church is pictured right.
People who visited their mother church would say they had gone "a mothering."
Young British girls and boys 'in service' (maids and servants) were only allowed one day to visit their family each year. This was usually Mothering
Sunday. Often the housekeeper or cook would allow the maids to bake a cake to take home for their mother. Sometimes a gift of eggs; or flowers from
the garden (or hothouse) was allowed. Flowers were traditional, as the young girls and boys would have to walk home to their village, and could gather
them on their way home through the meadows. coyright of projectbritain.com
Sue
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