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:Every child should dine with its mother.<ref>Baker, Anne Elizabeth (1854), ''Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and Phrases," J. R. Smith, [http://books.google.com/books?id=_Fstx92Z5tcC&pg=PA33&as_brr=1#PPA33,M1 p. 33]</ref>

:Every child should dine with its mother.<ref>Baker, Anne Elizabeth (1854), ''Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and Phrases," J. R. Smith, [http://books.google.com/books?id=_Fstx92Z5tcC&pg=PA33&as_brr=1#PPA33,M1 p. 33]</ref>

An 1867 source, however, says that "the processions ceased in the thirteenth century, but the name Mothering Sunday has continued, and throughout many parts of England this title has been the cause of the Sunday being the great family gathering, when all the scattered members return home and spend the day, and bring a present to their mother." The traditional gift was a "simnel cake" made of flour colored with saffron and flavored with sugar and lemon. Even in 1867, commercialism had raised its ugly head: the source complains that "the beauty of the custom is now lost by the simnel cakes being sold in shops."<ref>''E. Littel's Living Age,'' Fourth Series, Volume VI, July, August, September 1867; Boston, Littell and Gay. [http://books.google.com/books?id=AAbzpEOb3dUC&pg=PA725&as_brr=1 p. 725]</ref>

An 1867 source, however, says that "the processions ceased in the thirteenth century, but the name Mothering Sunday has continued, and throughout many parts of England this title has been the cause of the Sunday being the great family gathering, when all the scattered members return home and spend the day, and bring a present to their mother." The traditional gift was a "simnel cake" made of flour colored with saffron and flavored with sugar and lemon. Even in 1867, commercialism had raised its ugly head: the source complains that "the beauty of the custom is now lost by the simnel cakes being sold in shops."<ref>''E. Littel's Living Age,'' Fourth Series, Volume VI, July, August, September 1867; Boston, Littell and Gay. [http://books.google.com/books?id=AAbzpEOb3dUC&pg=PA725&as_brr=1 p. 725]</ref>

In recent years, the observance of Mothering Sunday has come to resemble that of Mother's Day in the U. S.

 

In recent years, the observance of Mothering Sunday has come to resemble that of Mother's Day in the U. S., and is often referred to as "Mother's Day."

===Julia Ward Howe's "Mother's Day for Peace"===

===Julia Ward Howe's "Mother's Day for Peace"===