- it was honored on the fourth Sunday in Lent
- it began as a day when apprentices and servants could return home for the day to visit their mothers
- they often brought a gift with them, often a "mothering cake" -- a kind of fruitcake or fruit-filled pastry known as simnels.
- furmety, a sweetened boiled cereal dish, was often served at the family dinner during Mothering Sunday celebrations
- by the 19th century, the holiday had almost completely died out
- Mother's Day in Britain -- or Mothering Sunday -- came to be celebrated again after World War II, when American servicemen brought the custom and commercial enterprises used it as an occasion for sales, etc.
Mother's Day: What You Need to Know
- Ancient Celebrations of Mothers and Motherhood
- Mothering Sunday in Britain
- Mothers' Work Days
- Julia Ward Howe's Mother's Day
- Anna Jarvis and Mother's Day
- Carnations, Anna Jarvis, and Mother's Day
- International Mother's Days Today
- Mother's Day Statistics
- Mother's Day Proclamations
- Famous Mothers
- Quotes on Mothers and Motherhood
- Ideas for Mother's Day (in the spirit of the originals)
- Motherhood in History
- Mother's Day - Index
Text copyright 1999-2005 © Jone Johnson Lewis
