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M O T H E R ’ S D A Y - S U N D A Y 1 8 T H M A R C H<br />
MOTHERS DAY IN IRELAND<br />
In Ireland, Mothers Day is not celebrated on same day as in US.<br />
Mothers Day celebrations in Ireland takes place on the fourth<br />
Sunday in the Christian fasting month of Lent. This corresponds<br />
to the day on which Mothers Day or Mothering Sunday<br />
is celebrated in UK, a close neighbor of Ireland. While in the<br />
US Mothers Day is celebrated on the second Sunday in the<br />
month of May. But just as in scores of other countries, people<br />
in Ireland honor their mothers on the occasion of Mothers Day<br />
for all their love and affection.<br />
HISTORY OF MOTHER'S DAY IN IRELAND<br />
The history of celebrating Mothering Sunday or Mothers Day<br />
in Ireland can be traced to the medieval practice where children<br />
from poor families were send to work as domestic servants and<br />
apprentices to work with the rich. Once in the year in the middle<br />
of the Lent these children were given a day off to visit their<br />
'Mother Church' and worship Virgin Mary. After visiting the<br />
Mother Church or Cathedral of their home town these children<br />
visited their mothers and presented them with flowers they<br />
picked along the way. Girls bake special Mothering Cake on<br />
the day. Pattern of living changed after the Industrial<br />
Revolution and Mothering Sunday celebration almost lapsed.<br />
The custom was revived after World War II. Americans too<br />
helped to bring back the charm of the festival in Eurpoean<br />
countries as their tradition and way of celebrating Mothers Day<br />
spread far and wide.<br />
MOTHER'S DAY<br />
CELEBRATION IN<br />
IRELAND<br />
On Mothers Day, people in<br />
Ireland present flowers<br />
and cards to their mothers<br />
to express love and gratitude.<br />
People take their<br />
mother out for dinners and<br />
lunches and often pamper<br />
them with breakfast in<br />
bed. Gifts are given to<br />
mothers with love from<br />
caring children.<br />
Programmes, plays and<br />
skits are organised at several<br />
places in honor of<br />
mothers.<br />
MOTHER’S DAY QUOTES<br />
In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is<br />
then burst into flame by an encounter with another human<br />
being. We should all be thankful for those people who<br />
rekindle the inner spirit. ~Albert Schweitzer<br />
You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool<br />
of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job.<br />
~Laurence J. Peter<br />
Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the<br />
charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. ~Marcel<br />
Proust<br />
If I had a single flower for every time I think about you, I<br />
could walk forever in my garden. ~Attributed to Claudia<br />
Ghandi<br />
Absolute<br />
Flowers<br />
29 North Main Street (Opp AIB Bank) <strong>Youghal</strong>.<br />
Tel: 024 - 91222 | Mob: 087 - 2462881<br />
Pam and Barry would like to invite you<br />
to come in and view our<br />
large selection of Bouquets and Baskets<br />
for Mother's Day<br />
Also Bedding Plants Now in Stock<br />
Wishing all our customers a<br />
Very Happy Mother’s Day<br />
“Treat Your Mum” at<br />
Pak Fook<br />
Gardens<br />
~ Chinese Restaurant ~<br />
116 North Main Street, <strong>Youghal</strong><br />
Telephone: 024 - 91770 or 91989<br />
Open Monday - Sunday 5- 11.30pm<br />
Lunch Special<br />
Thursday - Sunday 12.30pm - 2.30pm<br />
Takeaway and Delivery Service<br />
Tel: 024 90668 or 90669<br />
Deliveries Start at 5pm<br />
Open 7 Days A W eek
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