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mothering sunday
Mar. 22nd, 2009 11:00 pmAs far back as Medieval time there was a relaxation of austerities on the fourth Sunday of Lent. This day was also set aside for priests to visit the Mother Church of the district, and for laity to return to the church where they had been baptised.
Serving girls and boys, hired at the Michaelmas Fairs, were allowed this one day’s holiday half-way through their year’s service to visit their homes.
It became customary for employers to bake a ‘simnel’ cake for the mother, perhaps hoping that the good deeds would bring luck to themselves:
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Violets are also a traditional Mothering Sunday gift. Most likely they were gathered from the hedgerows by the weary maids on their long walk home:
“Who goes a-Mothering
Finds violets in the lane.” Trad.
Source: All Year Round by A. Druitt et al
Serving girls and boys, hired at the Michaelmas Fairs, were allowed this one day’s holiday half-way through their year’s service to visit their homes.
It became customary for employers to bake a ‘simnel’ cake for the mother, perhaps hoping that the good deeds would bring luck to themselves:
( Read more... )
Violets are also a traditional Mothering Sunday gift. Most likely they were gathered from the hedgerows by the weary maids on their long walk home:
“Who goes a-Mothering
Finds violets in the lane.” Trad.
Source: All Year Round by A. Druitt et al
