Quedgeley News March 2012 Issue Number 189
Quedgeley News March 2012 Issue Number 189
Quedgeley News March 2012 Issue Number 189
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<strong>Quedgeley</strong> <strong>News</strong> is produced by volunteers and distributed by volunteers<br />
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Mothering Sunday (Mother’s Day)<br />
The correct name for Mothers Day in the UK is Mothering Sunday. Mothering Sunday is always<br />
the fourth Sunday of Lent however as the dates vary as to when Easter and Lent fall the<br />
actual Sunday chosen to celebrate it may vary. This year it falls on Sunday 18th <strong>March</strong><br />
It is more often referred to as “Mother’s Day” and it origin is distinctly different to Mothers Day<br />
in America although the sentiments are similar. In Victorian times, it was a day when<br />
children, mainly daughters, who had gone to work as domestic servants were given a day<br />
off to visit their mother and family. Today it is a day when children give presents, flowers, and cards to their mothers.<br />
History of Mothering Sunday Most Sundays in the year churchgoers would worship at their nearest<br />
parish or “daughter church”. In olden times it was considered important for people to return to their home or<br />
“mother” church at least once a year. So each year in the middle of Lent, everyone would visit their “mother”<br />
church. As the return to the “mother” church became an occasion for family reunions when children who<br />
were working away from home returned. (It was<br />
quite common in those days for children to leave home<br />
to work in service from ten years of age.)<br />
The majority of historians think that it was this return<br />
to the “Mother” church which led to the tradition of<br />
children, particularly those working as domestic<br />
servants, or as apprentices, being given the day off<br />
to visit their mother and family.<br />
This special day has now become a time when people<br />
give thanks to their mothers and offers an opportunity<br />
to express both love and thanks for the work that<br />
they do with traditional gifts of chocolates or flowers<br />
and more importantly a card to express your feelings.<br />
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