Happy Mothers Day

Well in Cornwall we call it Mothers Day too [-(

The correct name for Mothers Day in the UK is Mothering Sunday.

Mothering Sunday is always the fourth Sunday of Lent however as the dates vary as to when Easter and Lent fall the actual Sunday chosen to celebrate it may vary.

It is more often referred to as “Mother’s Day” and it origin is distinctly different to Mothers Day in America although the sentiments are similar.

In Victorian times, it was a day when children, mainly daughters, who had gone to work as domestic servants were given a day off to visit their mother and family.

Today it is a day when children give presents, flowers, and cards to their mothers.

History of Mothering Sunday
Most Sundays in the year churchgoers would worship at their nearest parish or “daughter church”.

In olden times it was considered important for people to return to their home or “mother” church at least once a year. So each year in the middle of Lent, everyone would visit their “mother” church.

As the return to the “mother” church became an occasion for family reunions when children who were working away from home returned. (It was quite common in those days for children to leave home to work in service from ten years of age.)

The majority of historians think that it was this return to the “Mother” church which led to the tradition of children, particularly those working as domestic servants, or as apprentices, being given the day off to visit their mother and family.
This special day has now become a time when people give thanks to their mothers and offers an opportunity to express both love and thanks for the work that they do.

Hmmm so originally it wasn’t even anything to do with mothers…

Damn, I knew there was a reason for having kids… :lol:

@forumhostpb wrote:

Yes – but we all know that the Cornish people are mainly inbred.

Check out your (English) diaries and you’ll find that it’s called “Mothering Sunday”.

Thats like saying just cos a particular word is used in part of their dialect its wrong the cornish call women/ girls ” maids ” or holiday makers grokels or emmets for example doesnt make it wrong just cos its different and not in some english dictionary though, its what that area choses to use and i know it applies countrywide inbred or not.