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==Other "Mother's Days"==

==Other "Mother's Days"==

==="Mothering Sunday"===

==="Mothering Sunday"===

Mother's Day may be related to ''Mothering Sunday,'' celebrated in England on the fourth Sunday of Lent. The term did not originally refer to motherhood. On Mothering Sunday, parishioners, instead of attending services in the nearest chapel of ease, were supposed to come to the "Mother Church," i.e. the parish church. Later, it became an occasion for children to visit their parents.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/holydays/motheringsunday_1.shtml Mothering Sunday], BBC</ref> An 1854 source says the change occurred at the time of the Reformation. It mentions a couplet:

Mother's Day may be related to ''Mothering Sunday,'' celebrated in England on the fourth Sunday of Lent. The term did not originally refer to motherhood. On Mothering Sunday, English Catholics instead of attending services in the local parish church, were supposed to travel to their "Mother Church," i.e. the regional cathedral. Later, it became an occasion for children to visit their parents.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/holydays/motheringsunday_1.shtml Mothering Sunday], BBC</ref> An 1854 source says the change occurred at the time of the Reformation. It mentions a couplet:

:On ''Mothering Sunday,'' above all other

:On ''Mothering Sunday,'' above all other

: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>