Mother's Day or I Didn't Know That

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I was on Marlina 's Mother's day post and in the comments Anna @LadyDuck mentioned that it was also Mother's day also in many European countries on the same day. I commented that this was not so in the UK as it normally falls sometime in March. This is because our Mother's Day or Mothering Sunday as we know it is always held on the 4th Sunday in Lent and so is a movable feast tied to Easter. Originally it had nothing to do with our personal mothers, it was a time when Christians went to visit their "mother" church. In the past, many people were in service, when my mum was young she was in service. Mum was a domestic servant in the home of a wealthy family and like many who were in service she lived in and time off was very limited. So Mothering Sunday was an important day for a different reason back then, because domestic servants were traditionally given the day off so they could return to their home town and worship with their families. So the above was something I didn't know when I went to check that it was the 4th Sunday in Lent and I found that I had got right but in the UK it had nothing to do with our mums. It just goes to show you learn something new everyday on this site lol...