Sunday 2nd March 2008 is Mothering Sunday, a
day in Britain when children give presents,
flowers (often daffodils), and home-made
cards to their mothers. Mothering Sunday is
always the fourth Sunday in Lent, so the
date is  determined by the Easter festival.
Mothering Sunday is a centuries old religious
tradition when its was considered important
for people to return to their home or mother
church once a year. The return to the mother
church became an occasion for family reunions
when children, often as young as ten, who
were working away in service, returned home.
On the way they would pick wild flowers to
take to church or to give to their mother.

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